The Latest Breaking News from Northern Hemisphere

The Northern Hemisphere summer brought catastrophic fires and floods to many countries. Down south, the winter was the hottest ever recorded in Australia, fuelled by record ocean temperatures.

The world's oceans were the hottest ever recorded, while Antarctica continued to set records for low amounts of sea ice, the World Meteorological Organization said.

The U.N. weather agency says Earth endured its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured with a record warm August capping a season of brutal and deadly temperatures

The Northern Hemisphere summer has brought one extreme event after another – from heatwaves to wildfires and floods. It comes as the world likely heads into an El Niño pattern, which brings a higher chance of hot, dry weather in much of Australia.

What is the summer solstice, and when does it happen? The longest day of the year falls on either June 20 or 21 every year in the Northern Hemisphere. Here's everything you need to know about the science, and timing, of the summer solstice.

The USDA’s monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report is the gold standard for agricultural commodities’ fundamentals. The agency released its June report, during the heart of the 2023 Northern Hemisphere growing season, on Friday, June 9, 2023.

This year, even before the northern hemisphere hot season began, temperature records were being shattered.

The USDA’s monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report is the gold standard for fundamental data on the commodities that feed and increasingly fuel the world. The May WASDE report comes during the start of the 2023 growing season in the northern hemisphere.