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Global warming

A firefighter uses a hose as smoke and flames from a wildfire rise in Vilar de Condes, in the province of Ourense in Galicia, Spain, August 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo

2025 was the world's third-warmest year on record: EU scientists

The data from the European Union's European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) found that the last three years were the planet's three hottest since records began - with...

A drone view shows a deforested plot of Brazil's Amazon rainforest in the municipality of Humaita, Amazonas state, Brazil, August 7, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

COP30: The latest in climate science, from faster warming to coral collapse

FILE PHOTO: A World Meteorological Organization (WMO) headquarter is pictured before a news conference to launch state of global climate report at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

CO2 levels hit highest ever recorded, WMO says, warning of more extreme weather

Portage Glacier as seen from Portage Pass in Chugach National Forest in Alaska, US July 7, 2020. Picture taken July 7, 2020. REUTERS/Yereth Rosen

Scientists revive 40,000-year-old Arctic microbes in Alaska, raising new climate and health questions

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. Photo: Collected

UN chief warns 1.5C warming goal at risk of 'collapsing'

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Dhaka heats up — gets 1.4°C warmer in four decades as green cover shrinks

High water levels in the Lamar River erode Yellowstone National Park's Northeast Entrance Road, where the park was closed due to heavy flooding, rockslides, extremely hazardous conditions near Gardiner, Montana, U.S. June 13, 2022. Picture taken June 13, 2022

Most world heritage sites at risk of drought or flooding: Unesco

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US steps out, Brazil steps in

Bleached corals are seen near a bull statue in a reef in Koh Mak, Trat province, Thailand, May 8, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Napat Wesshasartar/File Photo

Global coral bleaching crisis spreads after hottest year: scientists

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World's glacier mass shrank again in 2024, says UN

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What is carbon trading? How does it work?

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Scientists struggle to explain record surge in global heat

Illustration: Maggie Cowles for Bloomberg

Chili peppers are losing their heat as the world gets warmer