On 21 August the Met Office announced that according to its forecasts, and those of other organisations, 2026 is going to witness the development of the largest El Niño in living memory and what is probably the largest such event since … Continue reading →
The following overview comes from an article on the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) website, where you can find more information. El Niño and La Niña are opposite phases of a naturally occurring climate pattern known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation … Continue reading →
Iraq and other parts of the Middle East have been hit by a series of severe dust storms since early April 2022. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) explains that sand and dust storms usually occur when strong winds lift large … Continue reading →
The World Meteorological Organization published an update on 9 May 2022 stating there is a 50% chance of the annual average global temperature temporarily reaching 1.5 °C above the pre-industrial level for at least one of the next five years … Continue reading →
In its annual State of the Global Climate report, published on 18 May 2022, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said that four key climate change indicators – greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat and ocean acidification – set … Continue reading →
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Statement on the state of the global climate in 2018 was published on 25 November 2019. The following are the highlights of the report, originally published here. The full report is available here. 2018 is … Continue reading →
On 23 September 2019, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) published a report on The Global Climate in 2015-2019 to inform the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit due to be held on the same day in New York. The report … Continue reading →