WMO confirms 2023 as warmest year on record ‘by a huge margin’

adminJanuary 12, 2024September 18, 202404 mins

The World Meteorological Organization uses six leading international datasets from across the globe to monitor global temperatures, which reveal a new annual temperature average of 1.45°C set against the pre-industrial era (1850-1900). Every month between June and December set new records. July and August were the two hottest months ever recorded, WMO said. The 1.5°C…

It’s official: July 2023 was the warmest on record, says UN weather agency WMO

UN confirms the past decade was the hottest on record ‘by a clear margin’

adminDecember 5, 2023September 17, 202406 mins

Marked by record breaking land and ocean temperatures, the decade between 2011-2020 saw continued rising concentrations of greenhouse gasses that “turbo charged” dramatic glacier loss and sea-level rise, according to a new report from the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The report comes as the latest annual UN climate conference, COP28, reaches its midway point…