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PORTLAND, OR - JUNE 27: Portland residents fill a cooling center with a capacity of about 300 people at the Oregon Convention Center June 27, 2021 in Portland, Oregon. Record breaking temperatures lingered over the Northwest during a historic heatwave this weekend. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
February 28, 2022 | 8:57 AM

Climate change puts billions of people in danger, U.N. report warns

Billions of people on every continent are suffering because of climate change, according to a major new United Nations report.

By NPR
PHOENIX, AZ - JUNE 20: A pedestrian uses an umbrella to get some relief from the sun as she walks past a sign displaying the temperature on June 20, 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona. Record temperatures of 118 to 120 degrees were expected on Tuesday for the Phoenix-metro area.
December 18, 2020 | 8:04 AM

2020 may be the hottest year on record. Here’s the damage it did

2020 is just two-hundredths of a degree cooler than 2016, the hottest year ever recorded. The Earth is nearly 2 degrees Fahrenheit warmer now than it was in the 20th century, and greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are still rising.
By NPR