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Europe is the fastest-warming continent, at nearly twice the average global rate, report says
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NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average, two top ...
UN sounds ‘Red Alert’ as world smashes heat records in 2023
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Every major global climate record was broken last year and 2024 could be worse, the World Meteorological ...
UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023
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GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse ...
New UN weather agency chief says rate of global warming is speeding up
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BALTIMORE (AP) — The new chief of the World Meteorological Organization said it looks to her that the rate of human-caused climate ...
UN agency confirms 119.8 degrees reading in Sicily two years ago as Europe’s record high temperature
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FILE – People enjoy time at the beach in Aci Trezza, near Catania, Sicily, Italy, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. The U.N.’s weather ...
Climate change intensified the rains devastating East Africa
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ongoing catastrophic rains in Eastern Africa have been worsened by human-caused climate change that made them up to ...
The past decade was the hottest on record as climate change ‘surged alarmingly,’ WMO reports
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The decade between 2011 and 2020 was the hottest on record for the planet’s land and oceans as the rate of climate change “surged ...
UN agency cites worrying warming trend as COP28 summit grapples with curbing climate change
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Nations weather agency is reporting that glaciers shrank more than ever from 2011 and ...
El Nino set to last at least til April: UN
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The El Nino weather phenomenon, which triggers higher global temperatures, is expected to last until at least April 2024, the United Nations ...