Sea sponges keep climate records and the accounting is grim, new research suggests

If we can rely on sea sponges that track temperatures, climate change is much more advanced than scientists have estimated. A new study using ocean organisms called sclerosponges to measure Earth’s average temperature suggests the world has already warmed by about 1.7 degrees Celsius over the past 300 years – at least half a degree … Read more

The world is dangerously close to global warming limits as 2023 becomes the hottest period on record

Global warming reached 1.48 degrees Celsius in 2023, data published on Tuesday showed, as the world’s warmest year on record left the world just hundredths of a degree shy of a critical climate threshold. Analyzes from last year had already confirmed that 2023 would be the warmest year on record, but Tuesday’s data shows an … Read more