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El Niño scorching heatwave threatens severe floods and drought as people urged 'prepare'

El Nino is a global weather event that can dictate the climate for the years to come, and this summer could see its return. The warmer Pacific Ocean could lead to widespread heatwaves

Daily Mirror

Early warning, preparedness likely saved thousands of lives during Cyclone Mocha

Early warnings from weather agencies and better preparedness by local governments and aid agencies likely saved thousands of lives during a powerful cyclone that slammed into Bangladesh and Myanmar over the weekend

The Independent UK

Significant El Niño event is almost guaranteed this year, experts warn. And it could be a big one.

NOAA researchers have predicted that an ocean-heating event known as El Niño is probably going to arrive in the next few months and persist into 2024.

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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

Climate scientists first laughed at a ‘bizarre’ campaign against the BoM – then came the harassment

Former Bureau of Meteorology staff say claims they deliberately manipulated data to make warming seem worse are being fed by a ‘fever swamp’ of climate denial

The Guardian - AU

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

UN warns of new heat records as El Nino expected to return

Forecasters from the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) say the chances of an El Nino global weather event happening by the end of the summer have risen, bringing with it the risk of new record-breaking temperatures.

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Explained | How rising sea levels threaten agriculture, rainfall, and the social fabric

The sea is swallowing the land, sending salt water underground, devouring forests, and forcing people to leave.

The Hindu

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.

Reuters

No chance of saving global glaciers as melt rate goes 'off the charts'

The world's glaciers melted at a dramatic rate last year and saving them is effectively a lost cause, the United Nations reported on Friday, as climate change indicators once again hit record highs.

Radio France Internationale

Ian, Fiona Join Infamous List Of Retired Hurricane Names

Ian and Fiona, two of 2022's most catastrophic weather events, will no longer be used as names for tropical storms or hurricanes

Zenger

More than 220 killed by record-breaking Cyclone Freddy

Vast majority of deaths occurred in Malawi from the highly unusual storm.

Al Jazeera

Freddy, "longest-lasting" tropical cyclone, to hit Mozambique for 2nd time as Category 3 storm

The deadly storm has killed more than 20 people and displaced thousands of others during its record run.

Axios

Odds are increasing for the return of El Niño. Here's what that could mean for California

LOS ANGELES — The stubborn La Niña climate pattern that gripped the tropical Pacific for a rare three years in a row is waning, and the odds of an El Niño system forming later this year are getting stronger, according to recent meteorological reports.

Los Angeles Times

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The Guardian - UK

Rising seas threaten ‘mass exodus on a biblical scale’, UN chief warns

António Guterres calls for urgent action as climate-driven rise brings ‘torrent of trouble’ to almost a billion people

ABC News

Bureau of Meteorology considering change to El Niño and La Niña definitions

The Bureau of Meteorology is in discussions with international atmospheric agencies to overhaul how La Niña and El Niño are defined, potentially rewriting the record books of global weather history.

Radio France Internationale

Hopes that 'early warning system' can save climate-vulnerable within five years

Every person on earth is to be protected from extreme and dangerous weather under a United Nations action plan for “early warning systems” to be implemented within the next five years.

Daily Mirror

Last eight years hottest ever as target to avert climate disaster 'barely within reach'

The past eight years are on track to be the hottest on record bringing warnings of even more deadly impacts of climate change, according to UN’s World Meteorological Organization

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The Earth's Corr: It's climate crisis crunch time, let's hope leaders at COP27 deliver

Oil and gas are done, it's time world leaders got with the programme

The Independent UK

UN weather report: Climate woes bad and getting worse faster

The United Nations' weather agency says the state of Earth's climate is bad and getting worse faster than before, especially with sea level rise accelerating

The Guardian - UK

Climate crisis: past eight years were the eight hottest ever, says UN

Report at Cop27 shows the world is now deep into the climate emergency, with the 1.5C heating limit ‘barely within reach’

Radio France Internationale

Europe is warming faster than anywhere else in the world, UN warns

Temperatures in Europe have increased more than twice as much as the rest of the world over the past 30 years, according to a United Nations report. While many European countries have successfully been cutting emissions, the frequency and intensity of heat extremes on the continent are expected to keep…

WEKU

Greenhouse gases reach a new record as nations fall behind on climate pledges

The three main greenhouse gases hit record high levels in the atmosphere last year, the U.N. weather agency said Wednesday, calling it an ominous sign.

Evening Standard

Record leap in methane levels as greenhouse gases reach new highs in 2021

The World Meteorological Organisation has released its annual greenhouse gas bulletin

The Guardian - UK

Atmospheric levels of all three greenhouse gases hit record high

Scientists warn world ‘is heading in wrong direction’ amid rise in nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide and methane

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