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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 374

Seth Borenstein

Bathers cool off in the water while others sunbathe on a Barcelona beach, Spain, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
July 25, 2024, 1:53 pm
‘Uncharted territory’: Three straight days this week were the world’s hottest on record
The ‘big driver’ of the current heat is thought to be greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas
By SIBI ARASU and Seth Borenstein
COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber, center, claps after passing the global stocktake at the COP28 UN Climate Summit, Dec. 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
December 13, 2023, 5:43 pm
Countries at UN climate summit agree on pledge to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels
Nearly 200 nations sign onto document wrapping up COP28 in Dubai, though final agreement is criticized by many as falling short of target and allowing too much wiggle room
By Seth Borenstein, david keyton, Jamey Keaten and SIBI ARASU
FILE - A person rests under an umbrella as the sun sets, September 12, 2023, in Newport Beach, California. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, File)
October 5, 2023, 2:59 pm
After record summer highs, temperatures in September ‘mind-blowingly’ high
European climate agency says temperatures last month were 0.93 degrees Celsius higher than normal over last 30 years, which scientist calls ‘absolutely gobsmackingly bananas’
By Seth Borenstein
Winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize for Physics (from left): Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier. (Nobelprize.org)
October 3, 2023, 3:11 pm
3 scientists share physics Nobel for work observing electrons in fractions of seconds
Researchers at US, German and Swedish universities praised for method exploring tiny speedsters zipping around atoms, yielding a ‘blurry’ glimpse that opens up whole new sciences
By david keyton, Seth Borenstein and Mike Corder
FILE - People walk along a trail as the sun sets, July 16, 2023, in Death Valley National Park, California (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
August 8, 2023, 1:34 pm
Scientists confirm July was Earth’s hottest month on record by a wide margin
Climate researchers say it was the warmest month on the planet in 10,000 years, but warn it won’t remain a record for long
By Seth Borenstein
A woman uses a long-sleeve shirt to shield from the sun as she walks at an outdoor shopping mall on a sweltering day in Beijing, July 6, 2023. (Andy Wong/AP)
July 6, 2023, 11:49 am
For third day in row, Earth’s average temperature hits record high
Temperature average 17.18 Celsius (62.9 degrees Fahrenheit), watchdog says, with records broken in Quebec and Peru, heat advisories issued in many US regions
By Seth Borenstein and MELINA WALLING
A clown rests in the heat with some cold water while he participates in the annual Independence Day Parade on July 4, 2023 in Southport, North Carolina. (Allison Joyce / Getty Images via AFP)
July 5, 2023, 7:14 pm
Tuesday breaks global record for hottest day ever, set a day earlier
This week saw temperatures around the planet spike into uncharted territory, in a year of ‘unreal meteorology’
By MELINA WALLING and Seth Borenstein
A Samburu woman fetches water during a drought in Loolkuniyani Primary School, Samburu County, Kenya, Oct. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
April 21, 2023, 8:20 pm
UN climate report details growing toll of global warming in 2022
Past year plagued by killer floods, droughts and heat waves around the world costing billions of dollars, as global ocean heat and acidity levels hit record highs
By Seth Borenstein
File: A boat navigates at night next to large icebergs near the town of Kulusuk, in eastern Greenland on August 15, 2019. (AP/Felipe Dana)
January 18, 2023, 11:50 pm
New research shows Greenland heating up dramatically in last decades
Experts compare ice cores taken in 1995 and 2011, finding alarming spike in temperatures; lead author of study says findings are ‘clear signature of global warming’
By Seth Borenstein
Members of the media listen as Frans Timmermans, executive vice president of the European Commission, left, speaks at the COP27 UN Climate Summit, November 19, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
November 19, 2022, 4:39 pm
Negotiators at COP27 reach deal on fund for nations stricken by extreme weather
Agreement aiming to have developed economies finance damage caused to poor nations as a result of climate change still needs to be approved in unanimous vote
By Seth Borenstein, Samy Magdy and Frank Jordans
US President Joe Biden, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting, November 14, 2022, in Nusa Dua, in Bali, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
November 15, 2022, 12:11 am
Biden-Xi handshake sparks hope for climate cooperation as Egypt confab sputters
Bali meeting between heads of world’s two biggest polluters could lead to resumption of climate negotiations between them, with little progress made at COP27 summit
By Frank Jordans, Seth Borenstein and Kelvin Chan
A farmer chops down what is left of a tree in a burnt down forest in Ankazobe, Madagascar, Nov. 5, 2022 (AP Photo/Alexander Joe, File)
November 7, 2022, 2:43 pm
UN chief to COP27: World must cooperate or perish on ‘highway to climate hell’
More than 100 world leaders will speak at summit, but experts say it may have limited impact because of those who aren’t showing up, are coming late, or are dithering
By Seth Borenstein
Army troops evacuate people from a flood-hit area in Rajanpur, district of Punjab, Pakistan, August 27, 2022. (Asim Tanveer/AP)
November 7, 2022, 1:29 pm
Loss and damage: Counting human costs of climate change seen as key to COP27 success
Polluters paying for climate messes expected to dominate talks at UN summit in Egypt, amid calls for reparations for heat waves in India, floods in Pakistan and droughts in Africa
By Seth Borenstein
Women carry belongings salvaged from their flooded home after monsoon rains, in the Qambar Shahdadkot district of Sindh Province, of Pakistan, Sept. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File)
November 6, 2022, 4:02 pm
Earth’s environmental challenges getting worse faster, UN climate report warns
United Nations weather agency says sea level rise over the past decade was double what it was in the 1990s
By Seth Borenstein
A mother pushes a stroller in front of the Scholven coal-fired power station, owned by Uniper, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, March 28, 2022 (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
October 27, 2022, 3:12 pm
UN: World headed for catastrophe with highly inadequate climate pollution reductions
Report says countries weaning off fossil fuels too slowly; inaction means window closing on efforts to limit future warming to just a few more tenths of a degree
By Seth Borenstein
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