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2025 Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Record Low Maximum Extent

2025 Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Record Low Maximum Extent

Scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) have said that Arctic sea ice most likely reached its yearly maximum extent on March 22, at 5.53 million square miles. The maximum sea ice extent for 2025 is the lowest in a satellite record going back 47 years, falling short of the last record […]

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    25 of 35 Vital Signs for Earth Have Reached Record Extremes, Scientists Warn

    25 of 35 Vital Signs for Earth Have Reached Record Extremes, Scientists Warn

    A new report from a team of international scientists has revealed harsh realities on Earth, with 25 of 35 planetary vital signs reaching record extremes. Without immediate action, scientists warn that these extremes could threaten life on Earth. In the new study, published in the journal BioScience, scientists presented a stark look at the state […]

    Ocean Warming Has Doubled in Past 20 Years: EU Copernicus Report

    Ocean Warming Has Doubled in Past 20 Years: EU Copernicus Report

    According to the latest Ocean State Report (OSR 8) from EU Copernicus, the world’s oceans are experiencing rapid warming, increasing acidification, more marine heat waves and more algal blooms in recent years compared to previous decades. In particular, the report highlighted that ocean warming has nearly doubled since 2005, and it had already been steadily […]

    Antarctic Sea Ice Nears Record Low for Winter

    Antarctic Sea Ice Nears Record Low for Winter

    For a second consecutive year, sea ice around Antarctica is nearing a record low for the winter season.  Scientists at the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP) announced that the Antarctic sea ice coverage has reached a new low point for winter, even surpassing the levels of 2023, which were the lowest since satellite records began. […]

    WMO Issues ‘Red Alert’ as Climate Records Are Broken Worldwide

    WMO Issues ‘Red Alert’ as Climate Records Are Broken Worldwide

    The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has issued a “red alert” as all major global climate records — greenhouse gas levels, near-surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, Antarctic sea ice cover, glacier retreat and sea level rise — were broken in 2023, a WMO press release said. Floods, swiftly intensifying tropical cyclones, heat waves, drought and […]

    February Was Ninth Consecutive Month of Record-Breaking Global Temperatures

    February Was Ninth Consecutive Month of Record-Breaking Global Temperatures

    According to a new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), February 2024 was the planet’s ninth consecutive record-warm month. February’s average global temperature on land and the ocean’s surface was 2.52 degrees Fahrenheit above the century’s average of 53.8 degrees Fahrenheit — the warmest February in the 175-year NOAA planetary climate record. […]

    Antarctic Sea Ice Alarmingly Low for 3rd Year in a Row

    Antarctic Sea Ice Alarmingly Low for 3rd Year in a Row

    For the third consecutive year, the amount of Antarctic sea ice has fallen below two million square kilometers — 772,204.3 square miles. According to data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), before 2022, the threshold had not been crossed since satellite measurements began in 1979, reported The Guardian. “Sea ice extent in […]