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chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The ongoing scorching heat in the West caused a road to buckle in Washington this week while at least a dozen California cities broke all-time high-temperature records. A heat wave enveloping much of the nation has been especially sweltering on the West Coast, where some areas have experienced multiple […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — After a week of record-breaking extreme heat across the nation, science educator Bill Nye told “This Week” co-anchor Martha Raddatz that the extreme heat and flooding making headlines is “a taste of the new normal.” “The latest research is that there’s not a turning point or a tipping point or a […]
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The planet has capped off its hottest 12-month span on record now that temperatures in the month of October have surpassed previous records throughout history. Global temperatures have now exceeded 1.3 degrees Celsius of warming since pre-industrial revolution levels, getting dangerously close to the limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius, a […]
Brais Seara/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Boreal forests in regions all over the world have been experiencing the worst wildfires in recorded history in 2023, according to new research. Record-breaking wildfires have been especially scorching boreal forests across the Northern Hemisphere this year, according to a report released Wednesday by Copernicus, the European Union’s climate […]
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