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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.

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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

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

ABC News

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.

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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

Daily Mirror

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

Belfast Live

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 Independent 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’

The Guardian - UK

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…

Radio France Internationale

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.

WEKU

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

The World Meteorological Organisation has released its annual greenhouse gas bulletin

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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

Evening Standard

Climate impacts heading to ‘uncharted territories of destruction’, says UN chief

As new report warns global emissions levels were higher in early 2022 than pre-pandemic, Antonio Guterres says world ‘way off track’ in curbing global warming

Reuters

Climate impacts heading to 'uncharted territories of destruction' -UN chief

The impacts of climate change are "heading into uncharted territories of destruction", U.N. secretary-general António Guterres warned on Tuesday on the release of a multi-agency scientific report reviewing the latest research on the subject.

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‘Triple dip’ La Nina for wetter-than-usual spring

The likelihood of another wet spring and summer just got worse for millions of Australians – with one of the world's leading weather forecasters warning of a "triple dip" La Nina on the way.

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Al Jazeera

UN weather agency predicts rare ‘triple-dip’ La Nina in 2022

La Nina’s cooling effect on the planet did not stop 2021 from being one of the seven hottest years on record.

Al Jazeera

Horn of Africa drought could go on for 5th season: UN weather body

At least 10 million children are suffering in the Horn of Africa as four rainy seasons have failed within two years.

Al Jazeera

Last month was one of the warmest Julys on record, says UN

UN says temperatures nearly half a degree above average last month, as EU monitor records record-low Antarctic sea ice.

Axios

Hundreds flee wildfires in Greece and Italy as Europe's heat wave set to linger into next week

Extreme weather is "going to be normal and we will see even stronger extremes" due to climate change," UN scientists say.

ABC News

European heatwave death toll soars above 1,500 as temperatures soar across continent

Soaring temperatures across Europe have claimed the lives of at least 1,500 people, according to authorities, as the searing heat sees wildfires raging across the continent.

Evening Standard

Heatwave: What is the hottest temperature ever recorded in the world and where was it?

Temperatures around the world are soaring

Reuters

Air quality to degrade with European heat wave, WMO says

The heat wave in Europe will trap atmospheric pollutants, causing the air quality to degrade, especially in towns and cities, an official from the World Meteorological Organization said on Friday.

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