temperatures

James Webb Space Telescope predicts clouds of molten rock on this blisteringly hot exoplanet

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made a weather report for a distant planet. The powerful space telescope predicts extreme wind speeds, blistering hot temperatures and blankets of rock clouds for the world, called Wasp-43b. As such, the extrasolar planet, or ‘exoplanet’, shows just how strange alien planets outside the solar system can be. … Read more

Scientists are unable to fully explain Earth’s record heat

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The sun sets over Huntington Beach at the end of a warm December day in 2023. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times) Deadly heat in the southwest. Hot tub temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean. Sweltering conditions in Europe, Asia and South America. That 2023 was Earth’s hottest year on record was in some ways no surprise. For … Read more

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

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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

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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

Extreme heat poses a new threat to trees and plants in the Pacific Northwest

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — From June 25 to July 2, 2021, the Pacific Northwest experienced a record-breaking heat wave that sent the normally temperate region into Death Valley-like extremes, taking a heavy toll on trees and people alike. Seattle and Portland, Oregon, recorded their highest temperatures ever, at 108 degrees Fahrenheit (42.2 degrees Celsius) and … Read more

Extreme heat poses a new threat to trees and plants in the Pacific Northwest

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — From June 25 to July 2, 2021, the Pacific Northwest experienced a record-breaking heat wave that sent the normally temperate region into Death Valley-like extremes, taking a heavy toll on trees and people alike. Seattle and Portland, Oregon, recorded their highest temperatures ever, at 108 degrees Fahrenheit (42.2 degrees Celsius) and … Read more