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Global Temperatures

Decline of Reflective Low Clouds May Have Contributed to Recent Record Heat

A new study links decreasing cloud cover over the ocean to last year’s spiking heat, adding to research showing Earth’s loss of luster is increasing warming.

By Bob Berwyn

The sun's glint reflects off the Pacific Ocean shadowed by a line of cumulonimbus clouds as the International Space Station orbits about 253 miles above the Earth's surface. Credit: NASA
Firefighters block off a flooded road as a powerful atmospheric river brings heavy rains and wind to the San Francisco Bay Area on Nov. 22 in Windsor, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

California Water Experts Prepare for Climate Whiplash

By Liza Gross

Tourists shield themselves from the sun while visiting the Palace Museum during a heat wave on July 6 in Beijing, China. Credit: VCG via Getty Images

Average Global Temperature Has Warmed 1.5 Degrees Celsius Above Pre-industrial Levels for 12 Months in a Row

By Bob Berwyn

Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles) recently introduced a bill to encourage companies that operate low-producing oil wells near frontline communities to clean them up or pay a penalty. Credit: Lara Aburamadan/Survival Media Agency

California’s Climate Leaders Vow to Hold Fossil Fuel Companies to Account

By Liza Gross

"Tomorrow?" is written on a wall at the COP28 site in Dubai. Credit: Hannes P. Albert/picture alliance via Getty Images

Scientists to COP28: ‘We’re Clearly in The Danger Zone’

By Bob Berwyn

A woman reacts as a wildfire burns at Palem Raya Regency in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatera, Indonesia on September 18, 2023. Indonesian authorities are struggling to put out forest and land fires that have been engulfing many parts of the country, including fire-prone regions in Sumatra and Borneo, as the country enters the hottest day of this year's El Nino-induced dry season Credit: Muhammad A.F/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Scientists Disagree About Drivers of September’s Global Temperature Spike, but It Has Most of Them Worried

By Bob Berwyn

Breaking: Hottest June Ever in Global Record, NOAA Says

By David Sassoon

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