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Thompson Fire in Oroville County, California on July 2, 2024.

'The last 12 months have broken records like never before': Earth exceeds 1.5 C warming every month for entire year

By Ben Turner published

Every month has broken the temperature record of the previous for the past 12 months, and the signs of climate breakdown are already here, a new analysis shows.

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A spacecraft is seen with a metal box like shape in the middle and a white disk-like shape toward the left.

1st images from European climate satellite reveal how energy cycles to and from Earth

By Meredith Garofalo published

The European Space Agency's EarthCARE satellite sent back its first images; they should be able to help scientists better study Earth's energy balance.

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Charred trees are seen along Pallet Creek Road during the Bobcat Fire in Valyermo, California, September 18, 2020.

Extreme wildfires are on the rise globally, powered by the climate crisis

By Calum Cunningham, David Bowman, Grant Williamson published

Wildfires are the new "polar bear."

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A swirling storm of white clouds twists over the ocean toward land.

Satellites watch 'extremely dangerous' Hurricane Beryl batter Carriacou island (video)

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Monday (July 1) morning, setting the record of strongest hurricane to happen this early in the year.

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A white plane is seen on a runway. It has a NASA sign on its tail.

NASA is flying planes low over the US to make maps of air pollution sources

By Rahul Rao published

NASA is flying aircraft low over the US in order to learn where, exactly, greenhouse gases are coming from. The results should help the agency fight causes of human-driven climate change.

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Smoke is pushed up from the towers of a power plant at sunset.

Human-caused global warming at all-time high, new report concludes

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

We have about five years worth of carbon emissions before we drive global warming beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit), a new report concluded.

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a blue white icy cliff face towers over a snowy valley below.

Satellite data reveals Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier is melting faster than we thought

By Stefanie Waldek published

The ICEYE satellite constellation has given researchers a peek beneath the glacier, and it's not looking good.

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Two small rectangular satellites hover above earth on opposite sides. each has a dual-panel solar array extended from two sides. The curve of Earth below is hazy and blue.

NASA's PREFIRE mission is ready to unlock the mysteries of Earth's poles

By Josh Dinner published

A pair of cubesats will measure far-infrared radiation from Earth's poles to improve climate predictions.

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The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured its first view of the entire sunlit side of Earth from one million miles away on July 6, 2015.

The summer of 2023 was Earth's hottest in 2,000 years, scientists find

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Using tree ring data, scientists have confirmed that summer 2023 was the hottest summer on Earth in the last 2,000 years.

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The swirling clouds of hurricanes at Pacific island of New Caledonia

New algorithm slashes time to run most sophisticated climate models by 10-fold

By Samar Khatiwala published

Climate models can be a million lines of code long and can take months to run on supercomputers. A new algorithm has dramatically shortened that time.

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