How El Nino could impact the world’s weather in 2023-24
London, UKReuters Countries are racing to prepare for extreme weather later this year as the world tips into an El Nino – a natural climate phenomenon that fuels tropical cyclones in the Pacific and boosts rainfall and flood risk in parts of the Americas and elsewhere. On Thursday, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration […]
Global warming trends highlight ‘enormous challenge’ of meeting Paris climate pledge, WMO says
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Global temperatures will continue to warm over the next five years, and may even temporarily rise to more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the World Meteorological Organization said on Thursday. That does not mean the world would be crossing the long-term warming threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit), which scientists […]
Essay: Days with both extreme heat and extreme air pollution are becoming more common – which can’t be a good thing for global health
In an article first published on The Conversation, YANGYANG XU and XIAOHUI XU, of Texas A&M University, say the frequency of days of extreme heat and pollution – and the number of people affected by them – could “massively increase” in the next 30 years…