Temperature

Cooling La Niña May Return in Coming Months

The cooling La Niña weather phenomenon may return between September and November, but even if it does, temperatures are nonetheless expected to be above average, the United Nations said Tuesday. La Niña is a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that cools surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. It brings ...

Summer 2024 Was Lapland's Warmest in 2,000 Years

The summer of 2024 was the warmest in 2,000 years in the Lapland region of northern Finland, Norway, and Sweden, driven by climate change, the Finnish Meteorological Institute told AFP on Monday. "Last summer's average temperature in Lapland, or northern Fennoscandia, was the highest in both direct observations, which we have from the ...

Global Temperatures at Near Historic Highs in March: EU Monitor

Global temperatures hovered at historic highs in March, Europe's climate monitor said on Tuesday, prolonging an extraordinary heat streak that has tested scientific expectations. In Europe, it was the hottest March ever recorded by a significant margin, said the Copernicus Climate Change Service, driving rainfall extremes across a continent ...