Scientific agencies around the world confirmed that 2024 surpassed the global temperature record set in 2023 as carbon emissions contribute to extreme weather.

was the first year to pass a milestone set by world leaders to try to keep the worst impacts of climate change at bay, scientists say.

Last year was the hottest ever recorded, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released Friday. In 2024, Earth overall saw its highest global

Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, weather monitoring agencies announced Friday.

Recently NASA released their findings for how 2024 compared to years past around the world. You may not think of NASA as an organization that would intensively study the Earth, but its network of satellites is critical for collecting data from every corner of the globe,

The total number of people killed in extreme weather events intensified by climate change in 2024 is likely in the tens or hundreds of thousands, said the World Weather Attribution group.

Earth just had yet another "hottest year on record," snatching the title from 2023. Here's how South Carolina weathered the ever-more-common milestone.

The aurora is expected to be bright and visible in multiple northern U.S. states Oct. 3 through Oct. 5 as well as from the lower Midwest to Oregon.

It's no easy task to calculate Earth's average temperature, but using tens of thousands of weather stations, ships and ocean buoys across the globe, NASA and NOAA are able to crunch the numbers.