Winter storm doesn't disprove climate change
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In social media, President Trump is questioning global warming because of a chilly severe winter storm hitting the U.S.
"Atmospheric greenhouse gases have steadily increased over the last 10 years."
Mountain regions around the world are heating up faster than the lands below them, triggering dramatic shifts in snow, rain, and water supply that could affect over a billion people. A major global review finds that rising temperatures are turning snowfall into rain,
Policymakers and financial institutions are underestimating climate risks that could undermine the global financial system, according to a new report from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) and University of Exeter.
Climate change is the long-term shift in the Earth's average temperatures and weather conditions. The world has been warming up quickly over the past 100 years or so. As a result, weather patterns are changing. Since the 1980s, each decade has been warmer than the previous one, the UK Met Office says.
Global warming does not affect our planet evenly. Some areas such as the Arctic region or high mountain peaks warm faster than the global average, whereas others, including large parts of the tropical oceans, show reduced temperature trends compared to the ...
Scientists calculate that last year was one of the three hottest on record, along with 2024 and 2023. The trend indicates that warming could be speeding up, climate monitoring teams reported.
A strong low pressure has parked itself over Ontario, Canada, this week. This low pressure has occluded, which means it has stopped intensifying and feeding off of low-level warm air from its warm sector and has become stacked with a counterclockwise ...
This Climate Matters analysis is based on open-access data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). See Methodology for details. Show Your Stripes on June 21 Show Your Stripes Day is a global campaign to spread awareness about ...