People hold umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun during an ongoing heat wave with temperatures reaching 40 degrees, in Rome, Italy, on July 6, 2025, at the Colosseo area. People hold umbrellas ...

By Shanna Hanbury 2025 was the third-warmest year on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The warmest year on record is still 2024, with 2023 coming in second. The global ...

People hold umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun during an ongoing heat wave with temperatures reaching 40 degrees, in Rome, Italy, on July 6, 2025, at the Colosseo area. Credit - Massimo ...

The main driver is straightforward. Greenhouse gases keep building up in the atmosphere, trapping more heat. That raises the planet’s baseline temperature, so even years without a strong natural boost ...

A flurry of crunching weather observations from around the globe confirmed that 2025 was another one of the warmest years in modern record, with staggering heat for millions, including residents of ...

2025 trailed only 2023, the warmest year on record, and 2024, the second-warmest, according to authoritative temperature data ...

New climate data shows that 2025 was the fifth warmest year ever recorded in the western Pacific, continuing a long-term ...

Another year has come and gone, and — just like in the past several years — above-average temperatures were a mainstay across South Texas. In fact, 10 of the 12 months this year finished warmer than ...