
April 2020: Earth’s 2nd Warmest April on Record
2020 is likely to be the warmest year on record...
Jeff Masters worked as a hurricane scientist with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters from 1986-1990. After a near-fatal flight into category 5 Hurricane Hugo, he left the Hurricane Hunters to pursue a safer passion--a 1997 Ph.D. in air pollution meteorology from the University of Michigan. In 1995, he co-founded the Weather Underground, and served as its chief meteorologist until the company was sold to the Weather Company in 2012. Since 2005, his Wunderblog (now called Category 6) has been one of the Internet's most popular sources of extreme weather and climate change information, and he is one of the most widely quoted experts in the field. He can be reached at weatherman.masters@gmail.com.
2020 is likely to be the warmest year on record...
This year is more than 70 percent likely to be the warmest on record...
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Europe and Asia crush their all-time warmest winter records by a huge margin...
The month was our planet’s warmest ever recorded without an El Niño being present
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Seven nations or territories see their costliest weather disasters in history
The six warmest years in recorded history have been the past six: 2014–2019
The two Atlantic Category 5 hurricanes and three Northwest Pacific Category 5 super typhoons of 2019 set records
Near-record Arctic melting, a bountiful but deadly monsoon and three highly destructive tropical cyclones highlight the earth’s second warmest year on record...
Recent rains have helped, but long-term climate change is likely to significantly increase migration
The year 2019 is very likely to be Earth’s second warmest on record, behind 2016
A new study finds a 20-fold increase in the risk of simultaneous heat waves in major crop-producing regions when the pattern is in place
A sea-level rise expert was forced out after a dispute over alleged government censorship...
An ultraintense hurricane—Dorian—and multiple destructive slow-moving storms: Are they harbingers of the future?...
The year 2019 is very likely to be Earth’s second warmest on record, behind 2016
An advanced satellite analysis found Supertyphoon Halong had 192-mph winds
Europe’s city most vulnerable sea level rise hopes to have a $6.3 billion defense coastal defense system operational by 2022...
A recent increase in powerful late-season Arabian Sea tropical cyclones is linked to human-caused climate change
This year is virtually certain to end up among the top five warmest in Earth’s history
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