Around the globe, rising temperatures stoked by climate change are increasing the odds of both severe drought and heavier precipitation that wreak havoc on people and the environment. Rainfall can ...

A new report from the World Meteorological Organization delivers a stark warning: climate change is accelerating, with some impacts now irreversible for centuries. The State of the Global Climate ...

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Climate change refers to a statistically defined change in the average and/or variability of the climate system, this includes the atmosphere, the water cycle, the land surface, ice and the living ...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled to Greenland to see first-hand the impacts of climate change. One of the sites he visited was Ilulissat Icefjord, a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, ...

Weather refers to short-term atmospheric conditions, such as temperature, humidity, and precipitation, that change frequently. In contrast, climate represents the long-term average of weather ...

Apr. 9, 2025 — A new study reveals the modern arid desert between Africa and Saudi Arabia was once regularly lush and green with rivers and lakes over a period of 8 million years, allowing for ...

Communicating on climate change is about educating and mobilizing audiences to take action to confront the climate crisis. Everyone can play a part by raising their voice, sharing solutions ...

The latest assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world’s top authority on global warming, defines future warming in terms of 20-year averages relative to the average ...

a potentially decisive factor in global efforts to avert the worst effects of climate change. China’s carbon intensity – a measurement of carbon emissions per unit of gross domestic product ...

The degree to which the climate warms in the future will depend on natural climate variability and the level of greenhouse gas emissions. If greenhouse gas emissions continue then average global ...

Climate change is cyclical, but this is worse New heat records have been set for each of the last eight years, and the rate of ocean warming over the past two decades is more than twice that ...