Climate change added 41 days of dangerous heat around world

Climate change is the worst. Here's just how bad it got this year.
The big news in Earth science this year was all about climate change, with extreme weather, flooding and drought attributed to warming. Scientists also warned about much worse to come if we don't rein in carbon emissions.
‘Dangerous new era’: Climate change spurs disaster in 2024
Extreme weather cost thousands of lives in 2024 and left countless more in desperate poverty. The lasting toll of such disasters is impossible to quantify. In terms of economic losses, Zurich-based reinsurance giant Swiss Re estimated the global damage bill at US$310 billion, a statement issued early December.
Climate change added 41 days of dangerous heat around world in 2024
People around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate change, according to a group of scientists who also said that climate change worsened much of the world’s damaging weather throughout 2024.
Impoverished countries ask world court to rule on climate change disaster
As the hearings closed for the largest ICJ case in history, the major capitalist powers displayed their indifference to the impact of climate change on impoverished countries.
Climate Change Worsened Natural Disasters in 2024
The World Weather Attribution (WWA) network of scientists confirmed that climate change worsened natural disasters throughout 2024.
California’s piers may not be able to withstand climate change
Climate change continues to worsen the coastal storms that batter California's aging piers. The result is frequent and ...
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A small NC town has filed a climate change lawsuit against Duke Energy. Here's why.
The early December lawsuit seemed to come a bit out of left field. Carrboro, an Orange County town close to Chapel Hill, ...
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Climate change led to 41 extra days of extreme heat this year on average: Analysis
Climate change led to nearly six extra weeks of dangerous heat worldwide over the past year, according to a new study ...
AI Exposes Accelerated Climate Change: 3°C Temperature Rise Imminent
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New York to charge fossil fuel companies for damage from climate change
Large fossil fuel companies would have to pay fees to help New York fight the effects of climate change under a bill signed ...
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New law requires fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change-fueled damages
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed a bill into law requiring companies that have burned fossil fuels and contributed to ...
Climate change and human activity affect Serengeti Park animal migrations
Wildebeest migration in Tanzania and Kenya, one of the world's largest land migrations, is being disrupted.