Copernicus

La Niña's Return Could Reduce Extreme Heat by 2024

Global temperature records for the past nine months are expected to persist for a few more weeks. But the potential rapid return of the 'La Niña' weather phenomenon "could reduce the risk" of 2024 beating 2023's absolute heat record, according to specialists. The rapid return of the La Niña weather phenomenon "may actually decrease" the risk ...

June-August 2024 Were Hottest Ever Recorded

The 2024 northern summer saw the highest global temperatures ever recorded, beating last year's record and making this year likely Earth's hottest ever, the European Union's climate monitor said on Friday. The data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service followed a season of heatwaves around the world that scientists said were intensified by ...