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The oceans just crossed a line scientists had expected from scientific models, but still dreaded seeing happen. On June 21, 2026, global sea surface temperatures outside the polar regions rose to ...
In June and early July, severe heat waves blanketed Europe and the United States, exposing millions of people to dangerously ...
As extreme heat smothered the eastern United States over the July Fourth weekend and Europe struggled with its own deadly heat wave, experts warned that more record high temperatures could be in store ...
On 21 June 2026, the average daily sea surface temperature across the world’s oceans reached 20.86 degrees Celsius, ...
High odds warm waters persist off California, with El Niño increasing risks to marine life and fisheries through 2026.
A bout of hot temperatures has prompted the National Weather Service (NWS) in Fairbanks, Alaska, to issue heat advisories ...
Much of the US just sweltered through the July 4 holiday weekend as an intense heat dome bore down, straining power grids and ...
The world's oceans are the hottest on record for June, pushing past records set during the 2023–24 El Niño years.
New research shows that Earth's oceans are warming quickly. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with oceanographer Brad deYoung about the record-breaking rise in marine temperatures.