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Hong Kong logs record number of ‘very hot’ October days

Britain, Spain, Japan and South Korea this year all have endured their hottest summers, according to their weather agencies

Thanks to artist Jonas Griessler collective’s artwork covering the black asphalt with a multitude of bright colours, the ground temperature has dropped from 31 to 20 deg C.

Keeping cool with colours, Vienna museum paints asphalt to fight heat

With more intense, longer and more frequent heatwaves a direct consequence of climate change, according to scientists, European cities are trying to change their urban planning

Heat threatens human life, as well as stressing electric grids and transportation networks.

More than 132 million face wilting heat across eastern US

The US South-east will be the last to get some relief, later in the week or next

China describes itself as one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries.

China’s coastal water temperatures hit record high in 2024

THE average temperature in China’s coastal waters rose for a second consecutive year in 2024 to a record 21.50 degrees Celsius, authorities said, in a year that was the world’s hottest since records b...

Current pledges and policies are insufficient to limit warming to 1.5 or even two deg C above the pre-industrial average, according to the UN.

Global temperature set to surpass 1.5 deg C threshold in hottest year on record

THIS year is “effectively certain” to be the warmest on record with temperatures climbing above a closely watched threshold for the first time.

Without the algae, the coral becomes pale and vulnerable to starvation, disease or death.

Coral bleachings devastate Bali reefs as sea temperatures rise

INDONESIAN conservationist Nyoman Sugiarto has been working for 16 years to preserve coral on the reefs of Bali, but the frequency of mass coral bleachings he said is now devastating.

Across swathes of Myanmar’s arid heartland, daytime temperatures last Thursday were 3-4 deg C higher than the April average.

Myanmar records hottest ever April temperature of 48.2 deg C

It’s the highest temperature seen anywhere in Myanmar in April since records began 56 years ago