Warning comes as Western Europe experiences a heatwave, with temperatures reaching highs not expected until the summer.
In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections. The World Meteorological Organization also forecasts an overheating Arctic that warms nearly 1.66 degrees Celsius (3 Fahrenheit) between now and 2030 and a dangerous drought with potential wildfires for the Amazon, a crucial part of Earth’s natural defences...
The combined effects of a heat dome and climate change have brought extreme warmth to western Europe.
An analysis of southwest monsoon onset data from 1901 to 2025 reveals that the monsoon has predominantly advanced to May in recent decades due to various factors, including global warming
Warning of record global temperatures as chance of very strong El Niño grows
As El Niño develops this year, scientists are increasingly confident it could be one of the strongest on record with global consequences, as Simon King explains.