warming climate

Scientists warn that a crucial ocean current could collapse, altering global weather

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In 2017, chunks of ice broke off from the Greenland ice sheet, creating a swarm of icebergs in a fjord. (David Goldman/Associated Press) Scientists are sounding the alarm as a crucial part of the planet’s climate system is gradually deteriorating and could one day reach a tipping point that would radically change global weather patterns. … Read more

The Earth broke the global heat record in ’23 and is flirting with the warming limit, the European agency says

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Earth broke global annual heat records last year, flirting with the agreed-upon warming threshold and showing more signs of a febrile planet, the European Climate Agency said on Tuesday. In one of the first of several teams of scientific agencies to calculate how exceptionally warm 2023 was, the European climate agency Copernicus said the year … Read more