The crowd atop the Hermosa Beach Pier watched with bated breath as a local fisherman, stripped down to his underwear and armed with only a pair of scissors, waded into the water in an attempt to free a juvenile great white shark.
Last summer's Club World Cup made clear the difficulties of playing football at some of the hottest times of day in some of the United States' toastier, sweatier climates. Substitutes had to stay inside in their air-conditioned dressing rooms at some games, while others were delayed due to extreme weather.
Scientists around the world have released their data for 2025, revealing it was the third year in a row with temperatures more than 1.4C above pre-industrial levels. Last year was 1.41C above the baseline of 19th century temperatures, behind 2024's record heat, and 2023, according to the Hadcrut5 dataset collated by the UK Met Office, UEA and Ncas, while the Europe's Copernicus Era5 analysis put temperatures at 1.47C above pre-industrial levels.
