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Up to now, research on how global warming will affect heatwaves has focused mostly on how much temperatures have risen compared to some reference period rather than on how quickly. — AP/File PARIS: Heatwaves that obliterate temperature records as in western Canada last month and Siberia last year are caused by the rapid pace, rather than the amount, of global warming, researchers said on Monday. The findings, reported in Nature Climate Change, suggest that humanity is likely to see a lot more deadly scorchers in the coming decades. “Because we are in a period of very rapid warming, we ne...

. July 26 - Cyprus. Cuba. Turkey. Canada. Northern Ireland. Antarctica. All recorded their hottest-ever temperatures in the last two years, and according to a new study, more such extremes are coming. In the next three decades, "record-shattering" heat waves could become two to seven times more frequent in the world than in the last 30 years, scientists report in a study published Monday (July 26) in the journal Nature Climate Change. Beyond 2050, if current greenhouse gas emissions trends continue, such record-breaking heatwaves could be three to 21 times more frequent, the study found. Eve...

World's hottest year on the horizon, new Met Office climate analysis warns There is a 90% chance that one of the next five years will be the hottest on record, a new report from the Met Office and World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) is warning. The chance of temporarily reaching 1.5C above pre-industrial levels has roughly doubled compared to last year’s predictions Called the ‘Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update’, the report covers 2021 through 2025, combining data from past years with “the best predictions from leading climate centres around the world”. Centre locations i...