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Greenhouse gas levels hit new record highs in 2025: UN

Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere rose to new record highs in 2025, locking in climate impacts that will persist for centuries to come, the United Nations said Tuesday. From 2024 to 2025, the global average concentration of CO2 rose by 2.8 ppm -- smaller than the record surge from…

The Economic Times · 8h ago

Can Peru's Supercomputer Predict El Niño Floods? Technology That Could Help Save Lives Before Disaster Strikes

Peru's NUNA supercomputer—6,336 CPU cores, 4,800 TB of storage—is tracking El Niño in real time as the event nears potentially historic intensity.

Latin Times · Oct 24

With hurricane off Mexico sharing name with Vice President JD Vance, the social media memes fly

Vice President JD Vance is traveling the U.S. supporting Republican candidates, while another Vance is on a whirlwind tour off Mexico's Pacific Coast

The Independent UK · Oct 23

Super El Nino: What the potential arrival of a stronger 'little boy' means for India’s water, power, health, winter and summer?

India is projected to experience a warmer and drier start to winter as a super El Niño develops. A weak monsoon has led to concerns over water availability and crop health across the country. The World Meteorological Organization anticipates significant temperature increases and shifts in rainfall patterns. This unusual weather…

The Economic Times · Oct 14

Northeast monsoon onset over southern peninsula likely in next 2-3 days: IMD

The Indian Meteorological Department said conditions are favourable for the onset of the northeast monsoon rains over the southern peninsula in the next two-three days. It also informed of a prolonged wet speek being likely over the southern penisula during the subsequent five-six days. North interior Karnataka is expected to…

The Economic Times · Oct 12

El Nino pushes Pacific to its hottest ever, and global temperatures show no sign of cooling

El Nino has reached an all-time high in sea surface temperatures, significantly surpassing previous peaks. The rising temperatures are expected to have long-term effects on global climates until at least 2027. In India, El Nino typically leads to reduced monsoon rainfall, which already showed a deficit this year. Experts have…

The Economic Times · Oct 12

When will El Niño peak and end? A full timeline of the weather phenomenon taking the world by storm

A ‘Godzilla’ El Niño is still intensifying in the Pacific. When will we see the weather phenomenon peak – and when will it come to an end?

Euronews · Oct 10

UN's WMO Marks Clean Air Day With Warning That Extreme Wildfire Smoke Events Have Tripled Since 1990s

The World Meteorological Organization reports a tripling of extreme wildfire smoke events since the 1990s, posing significant challenges to global air quality improvement efforts and health risk assessments.

International Business Times UK · Sep 7

Experts predict El Nino’s dramatic impact on UK weather this winter

Forecasters warn the El Nino will peak towards the end of this year and last until spring 2027

The Independent UK · Sep 3

In 1976, famously hot European summer gave hints about intense heatwave, now deadly warning about global warming issued as weather scientists predict dangerous new pattern

World Meteorological Organization's head of climate information said the current pattern of heat across Europe, the ​world's fastest-warming continent, reflected the interaction between a persistent pattern of high-pressure systems across the Northern Hemisphere and a warmer climate.

The Economic Times · Aug 12