Climate researchers say it was the warmest month on the planet in 10,000 years, but warn it won't remain a record for long

Record-high temperatures registered both on land and in the oceans, with 'potentially devastating impacts on the environment'

Past year plagued by killer floods, droughts and heat waves around the world costing billions of dollars, as global ocean heat and acidity levels hit record highs

With temperatures rising in the already balmy sea, Tel Aviv University researchers warn 'we are reaching the limit of many species’ capacity'

World Meteorological Organization finds that catastrophes are happening four to five times more often than in 1970s, causing seven times more damage

A basic primer on the science behind global warming and why Israel's location makes it particularly susceptible to the effects of a heating planet

Head of world body urges countries to end 'war on nature' and cut carbon emissions in 2021, as year of record-breaking extreme weather nears end

Report by World Meteorological Agency warns number of people in need of humanitarian relief could rise 50% by 2030

Reading of 130 degrees Fahrenheit being verified by World Meteorological Organization, which says it would be 'hottest global temperature officially recorded since 1931'

World body's meteorological organization warns of 'rising temperatures, more extreme weather, water stress, sea level rise' in latest report