🆕The Earth is accumulating heat at an accelerating rate. Human-caused warming reached 1.37°C above pre-industrial levels in 2025 & is expected to exceed 1.5°C within ~4 years. PIKs W. Lamb led the report’s assessment of global greenhouse gas emissions.
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The phenomenon #ElNiño has arrived, the US weather agency said Thursday, and scientists expect the pattern synonymous with droughts, floods and soaring temperatures will intensify into the end of the year, potentially to historic strength. #ExtremeWeathermuser.press/2026/06/12/weath…
Future #climate may reshape how #sunlight reaches #Earth. New research projects less surface sunlight in polar regions and more in parts of the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes as water vapour levels and cloud patterns change. muser.press/2026/06/11/futur… DOI: doi.org/rbdf
The world experienced its second-hottest May on #record, with #Europe baking under an unusually early #heatwave as #climate extremes become the “new normal” on the continent, the EU’s climate monitor said Wednesday. muser.press/2026/06/10/world…
The world’s leading banks ramped up investment in #fossilfuels last year to the overall tune of $900 billion, up eight percent on 2024, a group of NGOs said Tuesday in a joint #report. muser.press/2026/06/09/banks…
The oil crisis triggered by the Middle East war highlights the need to cut fossil fuel dependence and accelerate the clean #energytransition, climate envoys said Monday at talks ahead of this year’s #COP31 summit. muser.press/2026/06/08/energ…
Homes in New Zealand‘s capital were flooded with faeces and sanitary products Friday after an overnight #storm blocked #wastewater pipes, the city’s utilities company said. muser.press/2026/06/05/new-z…
French philosopher Baptiste Morizot and legal scholar Laurent Neyret want to replace the term #environment with #habitability. They argue the conditions that make life on Earth possible should be recognised as a fundamental right. #Book#Lawmuser.press/2026/06/04/new-t…