WMO report shows 2023 shattered climate records, experts highlight concerns for IndiaThe World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reports that 2023 has set climate records, with extreme weather causing devastation worldwide. ...
30 Nov, 2023, 10.15 PM IST
Next 5 years could be hottest ever globally, warns UN weather agencyGlobal temperatures are likely to surge to record levels in the next five years, making 2023-27 the warmest five-year period ever recorded,...
18 May, 2023, 03.09 AM IST
2022 fifth or sixth warmest year on record: WMOThe global mean temperature in 2022 was 1.15 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) average, making it the "fifth or sixth" w...
21 Apr, 2023, 07.51 PM IST
2015 to 2022 likely to be 8 warmest years on record: WMO reportThe report titled 'WMO Provisional State of the Global Climate 2022' released at the 27th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC on Sunday sta...
06 Nov, 2022, 06.07 PM IST
Premature to attribute extreme heat in India to climate change but heatwaves more intense: WMOExtreme heat is gripping large parts of India and Pakistan, impacting hundreds of millions of people in one of the most densely populated p...
30 Apr, 2022, 03.24 PM IST
Past winter season third warmest in India's recorded history, scientists say"In general, this is the impact of climate change. In recent years, you'll find that the temperature has risen." M. Mohapatra, director-gen...
03 Mar, 2021, 12.50 PM IST
2020 was one of three warmest years on record: World Meteorological OrganisationThe warmest six years have all been since 2015, with 2016, 2019 and 2020 being the top three. The differences in average global temperature...
15 Jan, 2021, 12.45 PM IST
India to establish regional climate centre for Himalayas, to benefit country, neighbours: IMD chiefConsidering the size of the Himalayas and its role in India's hydrology, meteorology, disaster management, ecosystem and many other activit...
14 Dec, 2020, 05.29 PM IST
Shaheen, Gulab, Agni among names selected by MeT bodies of 13 nations to name future cyclonesThe earlier list of names for cyclones, formulated by meteorological departments of eight countries in 2004, will exhaust after one more cy...
29 Apr, 2020, 01.40 PM IST
18.3°C: Antarctica registers hottest temperature ever09 Feb, 2020, 06.22 AM IST
2015 to be India’s hottest year ever, says IMDThe countrywide mean temperature in November this year was 1.25 degrees C above normal, the highest-ever for the month.
04 Dec, 2015, 11.23 AM IST
10 visibility measuring devices installed at Delhi AirportThe Delhi Airport has installed 10 indigenious visibility measuring devices -- 'Drishti' -- on three of its runways to ensure safe landing ...
20 Jul, 2015, 09.32 PM IST
Shailesh Nayak is India's candidate for top World Meteorological Organisation postShailesh Nayak, an Indian scientist and bureaucrat, is contesting the election for the top post at the Geneva-based World Meteorological Or...
02 Jun, 2015, 06.31 PM IST
- World weather body warns of extreme weather due to climate change
Just a week ahead of the release of a crucial report of a UN panel on impact of climate change on food, water and other resources, the Worl...
25 Mar, 2014, 06.54 AM IST
- Greenhouse gas concentrations reach a record high: World Meteorological Organisation
World Meteorological Organisation, in a statement released on Tuesday revealed that the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reache...
20 Nov, 2012, 08.39 PM IST
- Normal rain forecast likely despite cool April, La Nina
The first official forecast for the June to September is likely to predict normal rains in the region, despite some of the determinants bei...
18 Apr, 2011, 07.12 AM IST
- Monsoon likely to be normal: World met body
India receives most of its rains in June-September, which is crucial for both the immediate kharif crops and also the rabi crops.
16 Apr, 2011, 01.44 AM IST