Heatwaves

UN: Arctic temperatures hit record high in Siberia last year

The UN has validated a record high in Arctic temperature, at 38 degrees Celsius, or 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, measured during a prolonged Siberian heatwave in 2020.

Climate crisis ‘to devastate’ world’s poorest economies

More than a third of the world’s nations “urgently need help” to build up resilience if their economies are to withstand the effects of global warming.

'Extreme ice melt in Greenland raises global flood risk'

Scientists have estimated that the ice sheet melt in Greenland will increase global sea levels by three to 23 centimetres by the next century.

UN report: Humans are to blame for accelerating pace of climate change

The United Nations climate science report said that heatwaves, droughts, and torrential rains are only set to become more frequent and extreme as the earth warms further.

Hundreds of volunteers in Russia join battle against wildfires

This year’s fires have torn through 4.2 million hectares of Yakutia’s swampy coniferous taiga, sending enormous plumes of smoke as far as the North Pole.