A report by the World Meteorological Organization reveals global greenhouse gas levels surged to a new record last year, locking the planet into a path of rising temperatures for years ahead. The annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin by the organization reveals carbon dioxide concentrations have increased 11.4 % in 20 years. Secretary-...
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has declared 2023 the “driest year” for global rivers in more than three decades. It highlights severe water availability issues amid rising demand. A new report reveals the past five years have seen consistent below-normal river flows and reservoir inflows. This threatens water supplies for communi...
GENEVA (AA/AFP) – Humanity now faces an 80 percent chance that Earth’s temperatures will at least temporarily exceed the key 1.5-degree Celsius mark during the next five years, the UN predicted Wednesday. The global mean near-surface temperature for each year between 2024 and 2028 is predicted to be between 1.1 C and 1.9 C higher [...
GENEVA (AA) – The use of advanced warning systems would have lessened the casualties and damage caused by the recent devastating floods in Libya, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said. “If there had been advanced warning we could have avoided most of the human casualties in Libya,” Petteri Taalas, the WMO’...
