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WMO: Global Temperature Headed for ‘Uncharted Territory’

May 17, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on WMO: Global Temperature Headed for ‘Uncharted Territory’

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 17, 2023 (ENS) – Fueled by high levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases and a naturally occurring El Niño event, global temperatures are likely to surge to record [...]

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First WMO Global Water Analysis Finds a Drying World

November 29, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on First WMO Global Water Analysis Finds a Drying World

GENEVA, Switzerland, November 29, 2022 (ENS) – Most of the planet was drier than normal in 2021, with “cascading effects on economies, ecosystems and our daily lives,” the UN World [...]

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Europe Sizzles and Burns in Record Heat

August 9, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Europe Sizzles and Burns in Record Heat

GENEVA, Switzerland, August 9, 2022 (ENS) – Authorities are scrambling water-bomber planes and hundreds of exhausted firefighters are gearing up again to battle the wildfires racing through Europe this summer. [...]

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WMO: Climate Disasters to Increase Until at Least the 2060s

February 20, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on WMO: Climate Disasters to Increase Until at Least the 2060s

GENEVA, Switzerland, February 20, 2022 (ENS) – The impacts of climate change are already “very visible” and “happening worldwide,” the head of the UN weather agency told the opening session [...]

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Climate Scientists Warn of ‘Looming’ World Water Crisis

October 12, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Climate Scientists Warn of ‘Looming’ World Water Crisis

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 12, 2021 (ENS) – The World Meteorological Organization is holding a special session of its Congress to meet the “explosive” growth in the demand for weather, climate, [...]

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Planet Earth At Risk of Methane Suffocation

May 15, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Planet Earth At Risk of Methane Suffocation

PARIS, France, May 15, 2021 (ENS) – Methane emissions caused by human activities can be reduced by up to 45 percent this decade, finds the world’s first Global Methane Assessment [...]

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