Global temperatures last year crept past a key goal, raising questions about how much nations can stop the planet from ...

By Edward Carver Average temperatures across the world’s oceans reached an all-time high in 2024, a new multi-team study ...

2024 was the first year to pass a milestone set by world leaders to try to keep the worst impacts of climate change at bay, ...

This graph shows that there are variations in the Earth’s average annual temperatures. It also shows that the overall trend, since the 1970s is an increase in global surface temperature.

Driving the news: One recent study found emerging "hot spots" where heat waves are far outpacing global temperature trends. These places are defying predictions and can be found on each continent ...