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This year’s tourism season has been extra hot, with temperatures in the northern hemisphere reaching record-breaking levels that are set to keep intensifying. According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), popular tourism…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Heatwaves are expected to persist in a large part of the world throughout August, an adviser on extreme heat said on…

The heatwave engulfing the northern hemisphere is set to intensify this week, causing overnight temperatures to surge and leading to an increased risk of heart attacks and deaths, the World Meteorological Organization said on Tuesday.…

The world just had the hottest week on record and is now entering into “uncharted territory,” according to the World Meteorological Organization based on preliminary data. The global mean temperature between July 3 and July 9 was…

According to a report issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, during 2022, multiple nations in the region had their warmest year on record but the expanded use of…

GENEVA: The Swiss, feeling the impact of global warming on their rapidly melting glaciers, were voting on Sunday on a new climate bill aimed at steering the country towards carbon neutrality by 2050.Recent opinion polls indicate strong…

WMO warned on Tuesday that glaciers and ice sheet melt in Greenland and Antarctica accounts for some 50 per cent of sea level rise, which is accelerating, with disastrous impacts on small island developing states (SIDS) and densely…

NEW DELHI: Underlining how climate change-linked rise in sea level poses a threat to countries like India, China, Bangladesh and the Netherlands, World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) on a Tuesday said the rise has been 4.5mm per year…

GENEVA: Energy infrastructure will become more vulnerable to extreme weather such as heatwaves and hurricanes, the World Meteorological Organization warned on Tuesday (Oct 11), with a senior official saying that climate change poses as big…

“The science is unequivocal: we are going in the wrong direction” when it comes to addressing climate change, a new report from the World Meteorological Organization says. This year’s planet-heating pollution has risen above pre-pandemic…