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Sea level rise is affecting coastal communities around the world, especially those like Honolulu, pictured, that are located on islands. Credit: NOAA Teacher at Sea Program, NOAA Ship HI’IALAKAI A long-term sea level dataset shows ocean surface heights continuing to rise at faster and faster rates over decades of observations. Global average sea level…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Several areas of the globe—including the Bay of Bengal, the Philippines, and the Caribbean Sea—are likely to experience record-breaking average surface air temperatures in the year period up to June 2024 as a result of the ongoing El Niño phenomenon. The modeling results, published in Scientific Reports, also suggest that there is an estimated 90% chance of record-breaking global mean surface…

There’s a 90 percent chance that global average surface temperatures will reach a record high for the year leading up to June 2024, according to new research published today in the journal Scientific Reports. Some places will be more sweltering than others, particularly in parts of Asia. The heat has cascading effects, like raising the risk of drought and wildfire. A weather pattern known as El Niño is to blame. El Niño is part of a natural, cyclical phenomenon, but climate change heightens the stakes by raising baseline…

Substantial ice loss has been observed in the Antarctic region since the 1970s, but a new study suggests for at least some significant regions it actually started as far back as the 1940s, and perhaps even earlier.A research team led by the University of Houston collected sedimentary rock cores from seven locations near the massive Thwaites Glacier and nearby Pine Island Glacier to determine precisely when current melting began to ramp up.Dating back over 10,000 years, the rock samples tell the story of the ice shelves…

"Legend" Walshy Fire joins Augustine for production on the track Nino Augustine is carving out his own lane and pioneering new fusions, singing Amapiano tracks in Spanish. On Friday, he delivered his latest Latin-South African fusion with “Encendío,” a dancefloor-ready single with Walshy Fire of Major Lazer. “I deeply admire the musical movements in Africa and draw heavy influence from them my Panamanian roots imbue the track with a distinct Latin flavor,” Augustine tells Rolling Stone about…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain This is a simple question with perhaps not so simple an answer. Scientists do expect rising global temperatures to influence the weather patterns known as La Niña and El Niño—but just how strong that influence will be remains unclear. Much will depend on the many other variables that play a part in our daily weather and…

February 14, 20244 min readThe strong El Niño pattern that made 2023 particularly hot is finally starting to weaken, which scientists expect will conclude by late spring. What does that mean for weather this year?By Paul Roundy & The Conversation USA sign on a Los Angeles freeway reminds drivers to use caution while driving in severe weather conditions on February 6, 2024, as parts of Southern California experience record rainfall. The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online…

Reds and yellows show where Pacific waters were warmer in 2024 than in 2022. The abnormally warmer region along the equator is what we call El Niño. Weak El Niño events occur every few years, with strong events like this averaging once every 10 to 20 years. Credit: NOAA Wild weather has been roiling North America for the past few months, thanks in part to a strong El Niño that sent temperatures surging in 2023. The climate…

(a)−(h) show the monthly anomalies in GIMMS NDVI (NDVIG), MODIS NDVI (NDVIM), TRENDY LAI (LAIT), GIMMS FPAR (FPARG), MODIS GPP (GPPM), TRENDY GPP (GPPT), CAMS NEE (NEEC) and JENA NEE (NEEJ), respectively. (i)−(k) show the monthly anomalies in temperature (TEM), total precipitation (PRE) and soil moisture content (SWC), respectively. The dotted lines indicate the boundaries between years. The red shadows indicate the upper and lower limits in the 5th and…

Fashion and lifestyleby Ellie BramleyFashion and lifestyle have a knack for the surprise. The out-of-the-blue rise of butter moulding, say, or the sudden coolness of a shoe with a cloven toe.Fashion followers will find inspiration from the athletes at the The Paris Olympics. Photograph: Sarah Meyssonnier/ReutersDivergence and disparateness are the mood music for 2024. What this means for fashion is yet more extreme luxury, both of the stealth wealth and exhibitionist varieties. But there will also be more emphasis than…