Singapore, July 8 (IANS) The South-West Pacific recorded its second-warmest year on record in 2025, while ocean acidification intensified and sea levels continued to rise, posing growing threats to local economies, coastal communities and low-lying island nations, according to a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report.Released during the Southeast Asia Marine Heatwaves Services Workshop in Singapore, the State of the Climate in the South-West Pacific 2025 report said the region’s annual m…
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Lisbon, July 2 (IANS) The Portuguese government said on Thursday that a nationwide state of alert will take effect from Friday as extreme heat are expected to last till next Monday. Exceptional emergency measures will also be taken to reduce wildfire risks.Portugal’s Interior Minister Luis Neves made the announcement following a meeting of the Integrated Prevention and Operations Command (CIPO) at the Leiria Fire Brigade, warning of a “very significant deterioration in weather conditions.””For m…
Colombo, June 11 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s Department of Agriculture on Thursday urged farmers to use water sparingly as the country prepares for the possible impact of El Nino conditions.Thushara Wickramaarachchi, director general of the Department of Agriculture, advised farmers to cultivate short-term crop varieties as a precautionary measure.He said farmers should not be unnecessarily alarmed about cultivation during the Yala farming season, but should manage water carefully and follow guidance fro…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Delhi-NCR will witness a week of thunderstorms and rainfall, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The Met department has predicted that temperatures in the city will remain below 40 degrees Celsius until June 5. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 37.7 degrees Celsius — which is 2.3 degrees Celsius below normal. The last few days of relatively mild weather across the city gave slight relief to the residents.The IMD data show…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Global average temperatures are likely to continue at or near record levels in the next five years, a report from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), produced by the UK’s Met Office, said on Thursday, adding that Arctic temperature anomalies are expected to continue to be higher than the global mean.The report said that although the average temperature over the next five years is likely to exceed 1.5 degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels, this does not re…
Geneva, April 30 (IANS) Multiple reports have painted a stark picture of accelerating climate extremes, with Europe warming faster than any other continent. The findings underscore that climate change has become an urgent reality reshaping ecosystems, economies and human health across Europe, calling for ambitious actions. “Since 1980, Europe has been warming twice as fast as the global average, making it the fastest warming continent on Earth,” Celeste Saulo, secretary-general of the World Mete…
Geneva, March 23 (IANS) The Earth’s climate is more out of balance than at any time in observed history, as greenhouse gas concentrations drive continued warming of the atmosphere and ocean as well as melting of ice, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday.March 23 is World Meteorological Day, with the theme “Observing Today, Protecting Tomorrow.” On the same day, the WMO released the State of the Global Climate report 2025, analyzing a range of key climate indicators, includi…