Our species likes it cold. Homo sapiens evolved in — and still inhabits — one of Earth’s rare and fragile ice ages, periods distinguished not by an abundance of saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth’s average temperature last year sizzled at a feverishly elevated level, a jump up from trends of recent decades, but not quite as record-smashing hot as 2024, several climate ...

This week saw the hottest global temperature ever recorded, according to data from the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction. On Monday, the average global temperature reached 17.01 degrees ...

Since 2014, Earth has warmed by 0.36°C per decade, which is twice as fast as before. This accelerated warming could push the planet past critical climate thresholds much sooner than anticipated, ...

According to the latest NOAA data, 2025 was Earth’s third-warmest year since records began in 1850. Global average temperatures in 2025 were 1.3°C (2.4°F) above pre-industrial (1850-1900) levels.

The aim of limiting global warming to no more than 1.5°C is slipping even further out of reach, as the latest climate data reveals global temperatures remain extremely high, with 2025 on course to ...

Scientists warn Earth may be nearing irreversible climate tipping points as global emissions rise and action lags behind ...

Switzerland is warming faster than the planet, and new climate scenarios warn of more heat waves, droughts, and less snow in ...

A comparative evaluation indicates that climate anomalies over the past three years have been particularly severe. The rise in temperatures in certain regions, alongside unprecedented climate ...

A peer-reviewed study published in Nature Geoscience has found that during Earth’s most extreme ancient warming periods, between 66 and 47.8 million years ago, rainfall across mid-latitude regions ...

Sharp changes could result in a cascade of subsystem interactions that would steer the planet toward extreme warming and sea ...