Tag Archives: World Meteorological Organization

Rising sea levels are a ‘worldwide disaster’ that particularly endangers Pacific havens, UN Secretary-General says

NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — Stressing that seas are rising rapidly, especially in the more vulnerable Pacific island nations, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued another climate SOS to the world. This time, he said the initials mean “save our seas.” The United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization released reports Monday on worsening sea-level… Read More »

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record temperature and ice melt increases in 2023

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency is sounding a “red alert” on global warming, citing record increases in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice last year, and warning that the world’s efforts to stop it should continue. It was insufficient to reverse the trend. The World Meteorological… Read More »

Why winter sun holidays could soon be a thing of the past

Rising sea levels pose an existential threat to low-lying islands like the Bahamas – Bahamas Tourism The holiday is over – at least it will be over by 2050. Amidst environmental disasters, ethical dilemmas and economic turmoil, travel as we know it is on the “brink of extinction” and if its trajectory continues, holidaymakers will… Read More »

Climate change has intensified rains devastating East Africa

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ongoing devastating rains in East Africa are worsening due to human-caused climate change and are twice as intense, an international team of climate scientists said Thursday. The analysis comes from World Weather Attribution, a group of scientists studying whether and to what extent human-caused climate change is altering the likelihood and… Read More »