Overshooting 1.5°C: even temporary warming above globally agreed temperature limit could have permanent consequences

Even allowing warming to exceed 1.5°C for a few decades could trigger irreversible damage.

Paul Dodds, Professor of Energy Systems, UCL • conversation
May 19, 2025 ~9 min

My new dark red climate stripe for 2024 shows it’s the hottest year yet

These ‘warming stripes’, adopted around the world as a symbol of climate awareness, action and ambition, now include another dark red stripe for 2024.

Ed Hawkins, Professor of Climate Science, University of Reading • conversation
Jan. 10, 2025 ~5 min


Global temperatures passed critical 1.5°C milestone for the first time in 2024 – new report

2024 was first calendar year with warming above 1.5°C with unprecedented extremes putting humans and ecosystems at risk

Shirin Ermis, PhD Candidate, Atmospheric Physics, University of Oxford • conversation
Jan. 10, 2025 ~8 min

What El Niño means for the world's perilous climate tipping points

An El Niño event will turbo-charge global warming.

David Armstrong McKay, Researcher in Earth System Resilience, Stockholm University • conversation
July 10, 2023 ~8 min

Greenhouse gas emissions are at an all-time high and Earth is warming faster than ever – report

Our annual reports will update the world on the climate’s vital signs.

Piers Forster, Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds • conversation
June 8, 2023 ~6 min

1.5°C: where the target came from – and why we're losing sight of its importance

There is no safe limit to global warming – there is only what people deem to be acceptable damage.

Piers Forster, Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds • conversation
Dec. 14, 2022 ~8 min

Solar geoengineering might work, but local temperatures could keep rising for years

Injecting reflective particles into the atmosphere won’t immediately cool the entire planet. A new study shows how parts of the US, China and Europe might still see temperatures rising a decade later.

Noah Diffenbaugh, Professor of Earth System Science, Stanford University • conversation
Sept. 27, 2022 ~8 min

Sharks that hunted near Antarctica millions of years ago recorded Earth's climate history in their teeth

These giant predators are helping solve the mystery of Earth's cooling shift some 50 million years ago.

Sora Kim, Assistant Professor of Paleoecology, University of California, Merced • conversation
July 12, 2021 ~8 min


Ancient shark teeth lost in Antarctica millions of years ago recorded Earth's climate history

These giant predators are helping solve the mystery of Earth's cooling shift some 50-30 million years ago.

Sora Kim, Assistant Professor of Paleoecology, University of California, Merced • conversation
July 12, 2021 ~8 min

Climate change: what would 4°C of global warming feel like?

Climate models are likely underestimating the true severity of future warming in urban areas.

Robert Wilby, Professor of Hydroclimatic Modelling, Loughborough University • conversation
Jan. 15, 2021 ~8 min

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