
Wired - 4 hours 8 min ago
While the strengthening El Ni o helped boost temperatures, climate change is the main culprit for making August so hot.

The Independent - 8 hours 38 min ago
Records were smashed from coast to coast but some places felt the heat more than others...

UPI - 9 hours 13 min ago
The world saw the hottest August on record, and it was tied for the hottest month recorded since 1940, Copernicus Climate Change Service reported.

Popular Mechanics - 10 hours 58 min ago
A surge in insect attacks is already underway, and mild winters are the culprit.

Mother Jones - 12 hours 58 min ago
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Homeowners in Hispanic and Black communities nationwide are paying a disproportionate share of skyrocketing home insurance costs, according to a recent report. The disparities leave communities of color at greater risk as climate change increases the frequency of billion-dollar […]...

NPR - 15 hours 34 min ago
The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August. Scientists said the heat surge is mostly due to human-caused climate change.

BBC - 22 hours 23 min ago
Climate change and the rising influence of El Ni o saw August reach the record for warmest month.

The Guardian - 22 hours 28 min ago
Temperatures reached 1.65C above preindustrial levels, months before El Ni o system reaches full strength August was the joint-hottest month ever recorded around the world, with global temperatures reaching 1.65C above preindustrial levels, scientists said on Thursday, amid warnings of further heating on the way. August 2026 tied with July 2023 for the hottest month ever recorded, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service. Sea surface temperatures also soared to their highest levels...

Newser - 22 hours 58 min ago
Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold, due to the dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate change and a supersized El Nino, according to the European climate service Copernicus. August's sizzle also helped push the globe and the United States...