Effects of climate change

This summer marked the hottest on record in the Aegean, Ionian and Cretan seas, with water temperatures surpassing 28 Celsius in extensive areas.

Climate change poses a growing threat to human health in a variety of record-breaking ways, a major report said on Wednesday, the experts warning that "wasted time has been paid in lives."

The new report was released as heatwaves, fires, hurricanes, droughts and floods have lashed the world during what is expected to surpass 2023 to become the hottest year on record.

For World Health Day 2024 and its 76th anniversary, the World Health Organization (WHO) has chosen the theme “My Health, My Right,” addressing key global issues such as diseases, wars, and climate change. These challenges, including air pollution and natural disasters, are some of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, contributing to today’s global health crisis.

This summer officially marked the hottest summer in Türkiye since 1970, with approximately 76 million people experiencing at least 30 days of exceptionally high temperatures brought on by climate change, according to the Climate Shift Index (CSI) conducted by the scientists from the international research organization Climate Central.

More than 1.5 degrees has increased the average temperature in Greece over the past 30 years, according to a study by the National Observatory of Athens (meteo).

The 2024 northern summer saw the highest global temperatures ever recorded, beating last year's record and making this year likely Earth's hottest ever, the EU's climate monitor said Friday.

The data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service followed a season of heatwaves around the world that scientists said were intensified by human-driven climate change.

The European Union has coordinated a record number of emergency responses to extreme weather this year, as climate change fuels wildfires and other disasters in Europe, the world's fastest-warming continent.

Rising temperatures should trigger a global "red alert," the United Nations' weather and climate agency chief said on Wednesday, after global heat indices again smashed records in August.

The world saw record average temperatures in August for the second year running, preliminary data from the EU's climate monitor seen by AFP showed.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visits the tsunami affected Lalomanu Beach on eastern coast, some 60 kilometers from Samoa capital city Apia, on Aug. 22, 2024.

U.N. Chief Antonio Guterres issued a stark warning on Thursday, highlighting the existential threat faced by some Pacific territories due to climate-induced cyclones, ocean heatwaves, and rising sea levels.

Soaring summer temperatures and very low rainfall levels have made forests much more combustible, multiple studies on the impact of climate change have shown, with forests on the outskirts of towns and cities being particularly vulnerable, just as they are particularly valuable.