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Asia warming nearly twice as fast as global average, warns WMO
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In its "State of the Climate in Asia 2024" report released on Monday, the WMO said that the year 2024 was either the warmest or second warmest year on record--depending on the dataset used--with widespread and prolonged heatwaves affecting the region.
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Global temperatures to soar in next 5 years, WMO predicts 80% chance of re
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The World Meteorological Organization has issued a warning in its latest Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update for 2025-2029, predicting that global temperatures will continue to soar over the next five years. The report highlights an 80% likelihood that at least one year between 2025 and
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2022 confirmed as one of warmest years on record: UN agency
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The average global temperature in 2022 was about 1.15 [1.02 to 1.27] °C above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) levels. 2022 is the 8th consecutive year (2015-2022) that annual global temperatures have reached at least 1°C above pre-industrial levels, according to all datasets compile
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UK weather authority confirms 2022 as warmest year on record
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
During the summer of 2022, the UK faced an abnormal heat wave. On July 19, the temperature in the country broke the 2014 record of 38.7 degrees Celsius and reached 40.3 degrees Celsius. However, winter had an anomalously cold start in December, with temperatures dropping to the 12-year low o
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2021 was one of seven warmest years on record: UN agency
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 19 (ANI): The year 2021 was one of the seven warmest years on record, according to six leading international datasets consolidated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a UN agency.
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NASA analysis shows 2020 tied for warmest year on record
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 15 (ANI): Earth's global average surface temperature in 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record, according to an analysis by NASA.
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'2020 was 8th warmest year in India since 1901'
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): The year 2020 was the eighth warmest year on record since nation-wide records commenced in 1901, the Ministry of Earth Sciences said on Tuesday.
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