Multiple global heat records have been falling in rapid succession as the planetary temperature rises in response to a freshly-emerged El Niño in the equatorial Pacific, with the global average temperature soaring above 17°C (62.6°F) for three consecutive days. The trend started on July 3 when the average global temperatureread more
A sudden warming event high in the stratosphere that is threatening to reverse a major air current found in that layer of the atmosphere has occurred, a reversal that, in turn, runs a high probability of disrupting the air currents that contain the polar vortex that circles the Arctic, somethingread more
A winter heat wave has been baking Europe in summer-like temperatures in the days following the winter solstice, and despite suffering the worst drought in 1,200 years California is under a state of emergency due to flooding caused by record-breaking rains and snowfall. Heat records have fallen across numerous European countries duringread more
The massive wildfires currently burning in Canada and the US are intense enough to generate their own weather systems, cycles of air that soar high into the atmosphere that generate their own lightning storms, sparking new fires on the ground below, then falling in powerful downdrafts that feed fresh airread more