Climate Change Speeds Up as Major Indicators Blow Off the Charts, WMO Warns March 20, 2024 By Laura Millan All the major indicators of climate change smashed historic records last year, with some rising so steeply that the United...
World to Hit 2.5F of Warming During 2023 as Hottest Year on Record November 30, 2023 By Gloria Dickie With a month to run, 2023 will reach global warming of about 1.4 degrees Celsius (2.5 Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels,...
Cyclone Freddy Sets New Record as World’s Longest-Lasting Tropical Storm March 8, 2023 By Low De Wei A tropical cyclone churning off the coast of Madagascar and expected to make landfall for a second time in Mozambique...
Extreme Weather Poses as Big a Threat to Global Energy Security as Ukraine War: WMO October 12, 2022 Energy infrastructure will become more vulnerable to extreme weather such as heatwaves and hurricanes, the World Meteorological Organization warned on...
Arctic Region Broke Heat Record in 2020, U.N. Agency Confirms December 15, 2021 An Arctic temperature record of more than 100 Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) was reached in a Siberian town last year during...
Greenhouse Gases Reach Level Last Seen 3-5 Million Years Ago: WMO Report November 27, 2018 By Rachel Morison Greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere reached a record not seen since sea levels were 10 meters to 20 meters...
Scientists Blame Extreme Weather, Heat on Man-Made Climate Change December 14, 2017 By Jim Efstathiou Jr. Some of last year’s crazy weather — including extreme heat around the world to unusually warm waters in the Bering...
Global Temperatures in 2017 Slightly Below Record-Breaking 2016: UN November 9, 2017 By Alister Doyle This year will be among the three hottest on record, the United Nations said on Monday [Nov. 6], as almost...
Higher Arctic Temperatures Likely to Shift Global Weather in 2017: WMO March 22, 2017 By Joe Ryan Unusually warm weather in the Arctic is helping shift weather patterns this year from North America to the Middle East,...
Global Temperatures Hit Record High for 3rd Year in Row in 2016 January 19, 2017 By Alister Doyle World temperatures hit a record high for the third year in a row in 2016, creeping closer to a ceiling...