Coral reefs struggle July's record warm oceans
One oceanographer is especially worried about the months to come.
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One oceanographer is especially worried about the months to come.
The hottest month on record: July 2023's unprecedented temperatures and the urgent need for climate action.
The planet has warmed 1.2 ºC on average, but that’s enough to produce big extremes. The planet has warmed 1.2 ºC on average, but that’s enough to produce big extremes.
Climate scientist Zeke Hausfather explains why oceans are at record-high temperatures on this week's episode of Across the Sky.
Scientists are wondering if global warming and El Nino have an accomplice in fueling this summer’s record-shattering heat. The European climate agency Copernicus reported that July was one-third of a degree Celsius (six-tenths of a degree Fahrenheit) hotter than the old record. That’s a bump in heat that is so…