The average sea surface temperature for September over the extrapolar ocean reached 20.92 °C (69.66 °F), the highest on record for the month and the second highest across all months, behind August ...

PARIS—Earth’s temperature was more than 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than the preindustrial era in the 12 months ending January, the first time temperatures averaged over a yearlong period have breached ...

A recent study finds that humans are sensitive to even small temperature increases. Researchers hope the findings will influence how we tackle climate change. Gunther Cologna sits in a ...

“If you climbed in the water there, I’m pretty darn sure it would have felt like you’re in a hot tub,” one scientist says. A marine heat wave has brought alarmingly high water temperatures to the ...

The waters bordering Florida are running abnormally hot, alarming climate scientists about the potential for damaging ripple effects on the marine environment — from coral reef bleaching to coastal ...

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