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World experienced warmest February on record in 2024: European Union climate agency

March 7, 2024 admin

The Copernicus Climate Change Service said that every month since June last year has been the warmest such month on record. | Photo Credit: AP The world, last month, experienced the warmest February on record, with the average temperature being 1.77 degrees Celsius more than the February average for 1850-1900, the designated pre-industrial reference period,…

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2023-24 El Nino among five strongest on record, will continue fuelling heat in 2024: WMO

March 5, 2024 admin

A woman pours water on her head as bathers enjoy a summer day due to the high temperatures at Agua Dulce beach in the Chorrillos district in Lima, Peru, February 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The 2023-24 El Nino has peaked as one of the five strongest on record and will continue to impact…

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World breached 1.5° Celsius limit for entire year for first time: European climate agency

February 8, 2024 admin

Scientists attribute the exceptional warming to the combined effects of El Niño. File photo | Photo Credit: AP The world last month experienced the warmest January on record, with the global mean temperature for the past 12 months exceeding the 1.5° Celsius threshold, according to the European climate agency. However, this does not imply a…

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Telangana records lowest monthly rainfall in last 58 years, in October

November 2, 2023 admin

Telangana’s cumulative rainfall for October has been a mere 6.5 mm against the normal rainfall of 89.2 mm with a deviation of -93%, which is the lowest monthly rainfall recorded in 58 years. The earlier lowest rainfall of 0.9 mm was recorded way back in October 1965 and 7.2 mm in October 1967, respectively. Meteorologists…

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Weather Office Predicts Warmer November Amid Strong ‘El Nino’ Conditions

October 31, 2023 admin

EI Nino conditions are prevailing over the Equatorial Pacific Ocean. New Delhi: Above-normal minimum temperatures are expected in most parts of India in November, barring some areas in the northwest and west-central regions, amid strengthening El Nino conditions, the IMD said on Tuesday. At a press conference in New Delhi, India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director…

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Drought dents Sri Lanka’s economic hopes, farmers’ livelihood

August 29, 2023 admin

H.J.M Seneviratne cuts yellow paddy stems that dried following drought, at his paddy field in Anamaduwa, Sri Lanka. | Photo Credit: Reuters H.J.M Seneviratne (63) slices through yellowed paddy stems dried out by a drought that has destroyed more than 95% of his crop and is threatening crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s summer rice harvest. The island’s…

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