Reduction in anthropogenic air pollution linked to increase in hurricane activity
A new NOAA study analyzing four decades of tropical cyclones has found that a reduction…
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Final workshop held for EU-backed flood management improvement initiative
A delegation from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) has taken part in…
EUMETSAT opens latest satellite ground station in Switzerland
The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) has inaugurated a new satellite…
Global drought frequency and duration has risen nearly 30% since turn of the century, finds UN report
A new report from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has called for…
COP26 initiative launches climate resilience technology in Jamaica
The Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (CCRI), a private sector-led COP26 initiative, has launched a…
Exposure to wildfire smoke linked to faster glacier melt
A study by researchers from the University of Saskatchewan (USask), Saskatoon, Canada, has found that…
Six AGU members appointed to US Climate Security Roundtable
Six members of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) have been appointed to the US Climate…
Fifty-percent probability of exceeding 1.5°C threshold within next five years, warns WMO
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned that there is now a 50:50 chance of…
FMI launches four-year project to improve extreme weather resilience in East Africa
The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) has launched a four-year project that looks to decrease the…
WMO retires Ida from list of tropical cyclone names
The WMO Hurricane Committee has retired Ida from the rotating list of Atlantic tropical cyclone…