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Massive coal mine in Australia for the Loy Yang Power Station. Coal is the world's most carbon intensive fuel source and scientists say much of it must be left unexploited…

Male, the capital of the Maldives. One of the world's lowest lying island nations, the Maldives is on the front line of rising seas caused by global warming. Photo by:…

Last month was the warmest May on record, according to new data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). While global land surface temperatures were the fourth warmest, it…

This April was notable for being the 350th month in a row where temperatures exceeded the 20th Century average. This means, monthly global temperatures have not fallen below average for…

Globally, this April was a scorcher, tying with 2010 for the warmest April on record, according to new data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) last week.…

Worldwide, this January was the fourth warmest since record-keeping began, according to new data released by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). While parts of the world, most notably eastern…

Global warming continues apace as 2013 was the seventh warmest year in the past 133 years, according to a new analysis from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). In…

Australia had its warmest year on record, with annual temperatures 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.16 degrees Fahrenheit) above the 1961-1990 average, according to a new analysis from Australia's Bureau of Meteorology…

Last month was the warmest November on record, according to new analysis from the NOAA. Temperatures were 0.78 degrees Celsius (1.40 degrees Fahrenheit) above the average November in the 20th…

After a colder-than-average spring, Alaska is suffering a sudden and record-breaking heatwave. Temperatures on Monday, June 17th hit a stunning 96 degrees Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius) in Talkeetna, Alaska, just…

A common little moth turns out to have the best ears in the animal kingdom. According to a new study in Biology Letters, the greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella) is…

September 2012 temperatures as compared to 1981-2010 baseline. Graph courtesy of NOAA. Click to enlarge. September 2012 tied with 2005 for the warmest on record around the globe, according to…

Bottom blue line represents sea ice extent as of August 13th, tracking well below the record set in 2007. Graph courtesy of U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center. Click…

July 2012 temperatures as compared to 1981-2010 baseline. Graph courtesy of NOAA. Click to enlarge. Last month was the fourth warmest July in the record books going back to 1880…

Year-to-date temperature, by month, for 2012 (red), compared to the other 117 years on record for the contiguous U.S., with the five ultimately warmest years (orange) and five ultimately coolest…

Sea ice extent in June since 1979. Graph courtesy of NOAA. The Northern hemisphere suffered its warmest June on record across land and sea, while globally it was the fourth…

Fire scar from Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado. Photo by: NASA. According to new data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s National Climatic Data Center, the last twelve…

May 2012 temperatures as compared to 1971-2000 base. Graph courtesy of NOAA. Last month was the second warmest May since record-keeping of global temperatures began 132 years ago. Globally, temperatures…

New Mexico's biggest fire ever as seen on May 29th from NASA's Aqua satellite. Photo by: NASA. Spring in the U.S. was the warmest on record, beating the past record-year…

Temperature anomalies in April 2012 with a base period of 1971-2000. La Nina conditions, which generally bring colder temperatures to many parts of the world, ended last month resulting in…

NASA map shows temperature anomalies from March 13-19, 2012 as compared to the same eight day period during the past 12 years. The map is based on data captured by…