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Rising risk of heatwaves and bushfires means politicians will be put to the test about the effect of the climate crisis. Already, some have roundly failed

By Andy May The argument about the proper way to estimate error in the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) ERA5 weather reanalysis dataset between Nicola Scafetta and Gavin Schmidt has finally been published by Geophysical Research Letters. Schmidt, Jones, and Kennedy’s comment is here (Schmidt, Jones, & Kennedy, 2023), and Scafetta’s response is

But to breach the Paris agreement’s limit, the heating must be sustained for many years. But to breach the Paris agreement’s limit, the heating must be sustained for many years.

AP – Scientists are wondering if global warming and El Nino have an accomplice in fuelling this summer’s record-shattering heat. The European climate agency Copernicus reported that July was one-third of a degree Celsius (oC) hotter than the old record. That’s a bump in heat that is so recent and so big, especially in the […]

The sizzling month also marked the northern hemisphere's warmest meteorological summer and the southern hemisphere's warmest meteorological winter on record, says the NOAA's National Centres for Environmental Information

Thirteen per cent of the Earth's surface, spanning 65 countries, experienced record high temperatures in August, while the rest of the world braved significantly higher temperatures compared to the 1951-1980 average.

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August 2023 was the warmest August on record since 1850, with 13% of the Earths surface experiencing record high temperatures, according to analysis by US non-profit Berkeley Earth. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) stated that August 2023 was the hottest August in its 174-year climate record.

SimpleImages/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Global temperatures this June and August were the warmest on record, but a new analysis from Berkeley Earth also found that they likely exceeded the benchmark of 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels that...

SimpleImages/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Global temperatures this June and August were the warmest on record, but a new analysis from Berkeley Earth also found