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World suffered unprecedented climate extremes in past decade: WMO
2013-07-03 13:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The world suffered unprecedented climate extremes in the decade to 2010, from heatwaves in Europe and droughts in Australia to floods in Pakistan, against a backdrop of global warming, a United Nations report said on Wednesday. Every year of the decade except 2008 was among the 10 warmest since records began in the 1850s, with 2010 the hottest, according to the study by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The number of daily heat records far outstripped lows. It said many extremes...
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World Suffered Unprecedented Climate Extremes in Past Decade: WMO
2013-07-03 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The world suffered unprecedented climate extremes in the decade to 2010, from heatwaves in Europe and droughts in Australia to floods in Pakistan, against a backdrop of global warming, a United Nations report said on Wednesday. Every year of the decade except 2008 was among the 10 warmest since records began in the 1850s, with 2010 the hottest, according to the study by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The number of daily heat records far outstripped lows. It said many extremes...
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Small chance of El Nino/La Nina in summer-autumn 2013: WMO
2013-06-26 11:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.N. meteorological agency WMO said on Wednesday there was only a small chance of an El Nino or La Nina system, which can cause extreme weather around the world, developing in the Pacific Ocean in the coming months. The two phenomena cause an abnormal warming or cooling of the surface of parts of the Pacific Ocean and lead to heavy rainfall and flooding in some parts of the globe or drought in others. The WMO said "neutral conditions" were persisting in tropical areas of the Pacific and...