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The Latest Breaking News from the World Meteorological Organization

What this year's El Niño means for wheat and global food supply

The World Meteorological Organization has declared the onset of the first El Niño event in seven years. It estimates 90% probability the climatic phenomenon, involving an unusual warming of the Pacific Ocean, will develop through 2023, and be of moderate strength.

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Europe braces for extreme weather: How has the EU prepared for climate crises this summer?

Europe is the fastest-warming continent in the world, according to a report by the World Meteorological Organization and the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service. Last summer was Europe's hottest on record, with thousands of excess deaths linked to heatwaves. The extremely dry conditions have major implications for agriculture and the…

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Why are so many climate records breaking all at once?

In the past few weeks, climate records have shattered across the globe. July 4 was the hottest global average day on record, breaking the new record set the previous day. Average sea surface temperatures have been the highest ever recorded and Antarctic sea ice extent the lowest on record.

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It’s official: Australia is set for a hot, dry El Niño. Here’s what that means for our flammable continent

An El Niño event has arrived, according to the World Meteorological Organization, raising fears of record high global temperatures, extreme weather and, in Australia, a severe fire season.

The Conversation

Earth's energy budget is not in balance. Should we be concerned?

A recent report from the World Meteorological Organization about the state of the climate indicates that the global mean temperature in 2022 was 1.15°C above the 1850-1900 (preindustrial reference period) average. Moreover, the last eight years have been the warmest since the beginning of instrumental temperature records 173 years ago.

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Why the 1.5C threshold matters to our climate

The probability of the world exceeding the 1.5C climate change target within the next five years has risen to 66%, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

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Quiz of The Week 13 - 20 May

Speculation has been rife this week over the source of alleged behind-the-scenes tensions between daytime television stars Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, sparking concerns of a potential crisis in their hosting relationship.

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Warming warning: On the World Meteorological Organization projections for temperature trends

India will be severely tested due to changes in the global climate

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World likely to see hottest year on record in next 5 years, UN warns

The World Meteorological Organization cites the likely occurrence of El Niño as one reason for the high odds, because it would boost already elevated global average surface temperatures.

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'More likely than not' world will soon see 1.5C of warming - WMO

For the first time ever, global temperatures are now more likely than not to breach 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming within the next five years, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Global warming to bring record hot year by 2028 – probably our first above 1.5°C limit

One year in the next five will almost certainly be the hottest on record and there’s a two-in-three chance a single year will cross the crucial 1.5℃ global warming threshold, an alarming new report by the World Meteorological Organization predicts.

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World's largest refugee camp threatened by Bangladesh cyclone

Tropical cyclone Mocha intensified to become "very dangerous" on Friday, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said, warning of violent winds, floods and possible landslides in Bangladesh that could hit the world's biggest refugee camp.

Reuters

El Niño is coming. Here's what that means for weather in the U.S.

Warmer sea waters have many far-ranging effects. In the new pattern, some parts of the U.S. could get relief from drought, while others might see fewer hurricanes.

WEKU

Pace of rise in global sea level has doubled -UN climate report

Global sea levels are rising at more than double the pace they did in the first decade of measurements in 1993-2002 and hit a new record high last year, the World Meteorological Organization said on Friday, warning that the trend would continue for millennia.

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UN's weather agency: 2022 was nasty, deadly, costly and hot

Looking back at 2022’s weather with months of analysis, the World Meteorological Organization says last year really was as bad as it seemed when people were muddling through it

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Cyclone Freddy could be longest-lasting storm on record

Mozambique, Madagascar and Malawi are counting the cost of Cyclone Freddy, which ripped through their region for the second time in a month over the weekend, leaving at least 70 people dead. Freddy is one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, and could be the longest-lasting…

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