Globe had 2nd warmest year to date, 4th warmest September on record
This year, 2017, is the second-warmest year on record for the entire globe, NOAA said. Nine of the 10 warmest January-September global temperatures have occurred since 2005, with 1998 as the only exception. September saw a number of weather anomalies across the globe.
There’s still time to save the Great Barrier Reef from dying
Two major bleaching events have wracked the Great Barrier Reef over the last two years, leaving chunks of it dead.