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Siberian Town Hits 100 Degrees, and the UN Confirms an Arctic First
A number sat unconfirmed for more than a year, waiting on scientists who wanted proof before they’d put it in the record books. Verkhoyansk, a town roughly 115 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, had logged a reading that belonged nowhere near a place known for permafrost and polar bears. Investigators spent months checking equipment,…
Earth Could Cross A Dangerous Climate Tipping Point Within Four Years, Scientists Warn
The planet may be heading toward a climate milestone that experts have spent decades trying to avoid. New projections from the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization suggest there is now a strong chance that global temperatures will continue climbing at a pace that pushes the Earth beyond one of the most important thresholds established by…
UN Report Puts 70% Odds on Earth Crossing the 1.5°C Climate Threshold by 2029, and Scientists Say the Probability Is Still Rising
For years, 1.5 degrees Celsius functioned as something between a scientific target and a moral line. World leaders agreed to it in Paris in 2015. Climate researchers cited it in warnings. Activists carried it on signs. It was the number that separated manageable disruption from something harder to contain, and for a decade, the scientific…