2004 the Fourth-Hottest Year on Record
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The year 2004, punctuated by four powerful hurricanes in the Caribbean and deadly typhoons lashing Asia, was the fourth-hottest on record, extending a trend that has seen the 10 warmest years ever beginning in the 1990s, a U.N. weather agency said Wednesday.
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World temperatures in January were the highest ever recorded for that month of the year, US government scientists said.
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It's shaping up to be one of the warmest years on record.
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Human activity has raised the risk of more heat waves like last yearâs, which gave Europe probably its hottest summer since 1500, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Human activity has increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and more than doubled the risk of record-breaking hot European summers, like that of 2003, according to a new study by Peter Stott from the Met Officeâs Hadley Centre, and Daithi Stone and
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Private forecaster AccuWeather said  Friday record-breaking heat was expected to move eastward,  resulting in temperatures that could reach 100 degrees  Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) in New York City and Washington, D.C.  early next week.
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This year has been one of the warmest globally since reliable records began, a preliminary analysis concludes.
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Temperatures in China will keep rising this century because of increased energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, with warmer winters in North China being the most obvious signs, says a report.
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After a fourth consecutive day of rain Sunday, 2007 barely missed becoming Atlanta's driest year on record. That dubious honor goes to 1954, when only 31.80 inches of rain fell
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A comprehensive four-year study of warming in the Arctic shows that heat-trapping gases from tailpipes and smokestacks around the world are contributing to profound environmental changes
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Industrialized nations' emissions of   greenhouse gases edged up to the highest level in more than a   decade in 2004 despite curbs meant to fight global warming,   data compiled by Reuters showed on Thursday.
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Scientists have issued their strongest warning so far this year that unusually warm Caribbean Sea temperatures threaten coral reefs that suffered widespread damage last year in record-setting heat.
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Britain could soon swelter in the highest temperatures ever recorded, weather forecasters said, with a 30 percent chance that Wednesday will become the country&#039;s hottest day ever.
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Blisteringly hot summers similar to the one in 2003 when thousands of people in continental Europe died of heatstroke will become commonplace because of climate change, a study has found.
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Global warming is set to continue, and bring with it an increase in extreme weather such as hurricanes and droughts, scientists from the United Nations&#39; World Meteorological Organization warned on Wednesday.
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The Arctic is warming almost twice as fast as the rest of the planet due to global warming, according to an eight-nation report compiled by 250 scientists.
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Strong winds in the upper atmosphere drew down a near-record amount of ozone-destroying gases last year, according to a new study, and such winds may become more frequent as Earth heats up.