World Meteorological Organization

New UN weather agency chief says rate of global warming is speeding up

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BALTIMORE (AP) — The new chief of the World Meteorological Organization said it looks to her that the rate of ...

UN agency confirms 119.8-degree reading in Sicily two years ago as Europe’s record high temperature

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FILE – People enjoy time at the beach in Aci Trezza, near Catania, Sicily, Italy, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. The ...

Climate change intensified the rains devastating East Africa

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ongoing catastrophic rains in Eastern Africa have been worsened by human-caused climate change that made them ...

The past decade was the hottest on record as climate change ‘surged alarmingly,’ WMO reports

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The decade between 2011 and 2020 was the hottest on record for the planet’s land and oceans as the rate ...

UN agency cites worrying warming trend as COP28 summit grapples with curbing climate change

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Nations weather agency is reporting that glaciers shrank more than ever from ...