La Nina

The transition between El Niño and La Niña this summer is expected to bring with it a substantial amount of climatic chaos because of pre-existing conditions caused by climate change.

A confluence of record-breaking ocean temperatures and shifting weather patterns are setting the East Coast up for a high-activity hurricane season, warn experts in Canada and the U.S.

Scientists are investigating reports of dying coral along a 1,100-kilometre stretch from Lizard Island in the north to Heron Island in the south.

The internationally agreed threshold to prevent the Earth from spiralling into a new superheated era will be “passed for all practical purposes” during 2024, the man known as the godfather of climate science has warned.

Earth’s average temperature remained at a record high on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, after two days in which the planet reached unofficial records. It’s the latest marker in a series of climate-change-driven extremes.

Experts say that even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, ocean levels would continue to rise.

The mercury has since dipped again, but experts say the short surge marked a new global heat record for June and indicates more extremes ahead as the planet enters an El Niño phase that could last years.

El Niño could push global temperatures past the 1.5 C tipping point, the World Meteorological Organization warns.

A summer forecast warns western wildfires will likely continue to be “a major concern," with higher-than-normal temperatures expected when the second fire season ramps up in July and peaks in August.

There’s a two-out-of-three chance within the next five years that the world will temporarily reach the internationally accepted global temperature threshold for limiting the worst effects of climate change, a new World Meteorological Organization report forecasts.

The war in Ukraine helped push the global total of people left internally displaced by conflict or natural disasters to a record high of 71.1 million last year, according to a report released on Thursday by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.

The oceanic phenomenon could lead to more pathogen-carrying mosquitoes, bacteria, and toxic algae.

New research shows a fast-acting climate connection between poles that may be driven by wind rather than by ocean currents.

Scientists say the phenomenon, coupled with the growing climate crisis, is likely to push global temperatures off the charts.

Early signals, which could change, “indicate the overall pattern remains favourable for an above average tornadic year,” said Northern Illinois University meteorology professor Victor Gensini, who studies tornado patterns.