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<p>Climate change has not stopped for COVID-19. Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are at record levels and continue to increase. Emissions are heading in the direction of pre-pandemic levels
World Meteorological Orgnisation ('WMO)
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Antarctica sets new record high temperature
The continent of Antarctica officially has a new record high temperature of 63.5 degrees, scientists from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced Wednesday. The record was set on March 24,
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Air pollution kills 10 lakh Indians every year: study
Garbage set on fire as heavy smoke billows causing air pollution in New Delhi. The study says causes of air pollution and climate change are intricately linked and needed to be tackled together.
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Weather experts say new El Niño possible later this year
• Scientists from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) say there is a possibility of a new El Niño event forming later this year. • In 2015 and 2016, a powerful El Niño drove up global temperatures
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2016 likely to be hottest year on record: WMO
MARRAKECH: The year 2016, which brought new national temperature records for India when Phalodi in Rajasthan had recorded 51 degree Celsius on May 19, is "very likely" to be the hottest year on record.
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World Meteorological Organisation assessment: 2016 set to be warmest ever
The assessment pointed out that the average global temperatures in 2015 had already gone beyond 1°C compared to pre-industrial times. The current year is all set to overtake 2015 as the warmest year
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Humanity enters ‘new era of climate change’ as CO2 levels break all records: WMO
New Delhi: The world has now entered a new climate reality era, with average concentration of CO2 expected to remain above the threshold level of 400 parts per million throughout 2016, according to the
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CO2 levels mark 'new era' in the world's changing climate
A depiction of the global sources of CO2 which are dominated by the US, China and Europe Levels of CO2 in the atmosphere have surged past an important threshold and may not dip below it for "many generations".
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Pope urges Christians to save planet from 'debris, desolation and filth'
Pope Francis called on Thursday for concerted action against environmental degradation and climate change, renewing a fierce attack on consumerism and financial greed which, he said, were threatening the
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World weather: 2016's early record heat gives way to heavy rains
The record-breaking worldwide heat of the first six months of 2016 has turned to abnormally severe seasonal flooding across Asia with hundreds of people dying in China, India, Nepal and Pakistan and millions
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Weaker La Nina event expected this year, WMO says
A La Nina event, which affects rainfall and temperatures in the tropics, may develop in the third quarter of the year but it is likely to be weak and far less intense that El Nino that ended in May, the