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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 588

World Meteorological Organization

Firefighters try to extinguish the flames in a forest in Avantas village, near Alexandroupolis town, in the northeastern Evros region, Greece, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Achilleas Chiras)
March 19, 2024, 6:33 pm
UN warns planet ‘on the brink’ after data confirms 2023 was hottest year on record
Temperatures crept dangerously close to 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial levels last year and glaciers suffered record ice loss, with trend expected to continue in 2024
By Nina Larson
FILE - People walk along a trail as the sun sets, July 16, 2023, in Death Valley National Park, California (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
August 8, 2023, 1:34 pm
Scientists confirm July was Earth’s hottest month on record by a wide margin
Climate researchers say it was the warmest month on the planet in 10,000 years, but warn it won’t remain a record for long
By Seth Borenstein
A previously submerged tree stump is pictured on the dry bed of Woodhead Reservoir, revealed by a falling water level, near Glossop, northern England on July 10, 2023. (Oli SCARFF / AFP)
July 10, 2023, 9:49 pm
Last week was the hottest worldwide on record, says UN climate agency
Record-high temperatures registered both on land and in the oceans, with ‘potentially devastating impacts on the environment’
By Kelly MacNamara
A Samburu woman fetches water during a drought in Loolkuniyani Primary School, Samburu County, Kenya, Oct. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
April 21, 2023, 8:20 pm
UN climate report details growing toll of global warming in 2022
Past year plagued by killer floods, droughts and heat waves around the world costing billions of dollars, as global ocean heat and acidity levels hit record highs
By Seth Borenstein
Species of marine life are seen in the Mediterranean sea. (Shevy Rothman)
November 11, 2021, 6:24 pm
Study finds Mediterranean Sea creatures fleeing to deeper, cooler waters to live
With temperatures rising in the already balmy sea, Tel Aviv University researchers warn ‘we are reaching the limit of many species’ capacity’
By ToI Staff
A woman returns to her destroyed home with the assistance of a Louisiana National Guard high-water vehicle to retrieve medicine for herself and her father, and a few possessions, after she evacuated from rising floodwater in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in LaPlace, Louisiana, August 30, 2021. (Gerald Herbert/AP)
September 1, 2021, 8:44 pm
UN: Weather disasters and their costs are multiplying, though deaths are falling
World Meteorological Organization finds that catastrophes are happening four to five times more often than in 1970s, causing seven times more damage
By Seth Borenstein and Jamey Keaten
People walk along a trail, July 11, 2021, in Death Valley National Park, California (AP/John Locher)
July 20, 2021, 7:46 pm
Hotter here, wetter there: How and why climate change will remake our world
A basic primer on the science behind global warming and why Israel’s location makes it particularly susceptible to the effects of a heating planet
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Herman Termeer, 54, stands on the roof of his home as the Blue Ridge Fire burns along the hillside in Chino Hills, California, October 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
December 2, 2020, 7:47 pm
Warning of ‘climate catastrophe,’ UN says 2020 among hottest years ever
Head of world body urges countries to end ‘war on nature’ and cut carbon emissions in 2021, as year of record-breaking extreme weather nears end
By AP
A US firefighter passes flames while battling the Glass Fire in a Calistoga, California, vineyard October 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
October 13, 2020, 2:55 pm
UN: Climate change means more weather disasters every year
Report by World Meteorological Agency warns number of people in need of humanitarian relief could rise 50% by 2030
By AP
California's Death Valley. (National Park Service via AP)
August 17, 2020, 5:57 pm
Scorching temperature in US’s Death Valley could be global high
Reading of 130 degrees Fahrenheit being verified by World Meteorological Organization, which says it would be ‘hottest global temperature officially recorded since 1931’
By AFP
A large inflatable globe is bounced through the crowd as thousands of protesters, many of them school students, gather in Sydney, September 20, 2019, calling for action to guard against climate change. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
November 25, 2019, 1:10 pm
Greenhouse gas levels in atmosphere hit new high in 2018, UN says
World body’s meteorological organization warns of ‘rising temperatures, more extreme weather, water stress, sea level rise’ in latest report
By AFP
View of Haifa under heavy smog (Avishag Shaar Yashuv/Flash90)
October 30, 2017, 1:51 pm
CO₂ in atmosphere ‘surged’ to new high in 2016, UN says
Greenhouse Gas Bulletin finds carbon dioxide levels now match a time when the sea was 20 meters higher
By AFP and ToI Staff
A hot desert sun (Flickr/Brenmna/CC BY 2.0)
November 25, 2015, 3:26 pm
UN weather agency: 2015 is the hottest year on record
Global warming blamed for unprecedented heatwaves in Asia, hurricanes in Central America and global droughts
By Seth Borenstein
Snow storm in Jerusalem, Friday, December 13, 2013. (photo credit: Israel Hatzolah)
March 24, 2014, 10:44 pm
UN: December blizzard example of human-induced extreme weather
Severe storm that blanketed Israel cited as part of alarming weather patterns blamed on climate change
By AP and ToI Staff
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