The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has cautioned about the possibility of a heat wave across the country, with temperatures anticipated to soar 3 to 5 degrees Celsius above average between March and May. A heatwave is considered fatal to the human body when the temperature becomes too high, as per the IMD. To avoid heat-related … Read more
This week more than a dozen cities in China broke temperature records. For example, Wuhan registered 26°C on Monday, which is 12°C higher than the average for early March. In the case of Beijing, temperatures of up to 25 °C were recorded at the beginning of this week, also exceeding the average of a few days ago by more than 10 °C. In fact, … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reviewed the preparedness to deal with heatwave as the country braces for the record summer heat. He chaired a meeting where he was also briefed on the monsoon forecast, its potential impact on seasonal crops and the availability of water for drinking and irrigation. The main wheat-producing region of the … Read more
All the alarms have gone off before what can happen this year with the world climate. The more than likely arrival of an El Niño episode can raise temperatures across the planet in ways never seen before. The Earth could increase its temperature to the critical threshold (1.5 degrees above the pre-industrial level) this very summer. According to data from … Read more
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) officially views a warm El Niño event as possible towards the end of the year, also raising the odds that the event will overlap with global warming and push global temperatures to new all-time records. Although it is hard to believe, the planet has been under the influence of a phenomenon that … Read more
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated that this February was the warmest in 122 years since 1901. India’s meteorological department has forecast a March-May heatwave across most of the country after record-high temperatures in February. Warmest February in India in 122 years A heatwave reduced India’s wheat output in 2022 and forced the world’s second-biggest … Read more
The weather conditions have changed drastically these days. Experts say the spring and summer season in India is likely to be dry and hot this year and have instructed the country to be prepared for El Nino. Arriving Spring season late or too early is usually not good, You go to the party when the … Read more
The return of the El Niño phenomenon this year would cause an increase in global temperatures “out of the normal” and unprecedented heat waves, warn a group of scientists. Extreme weather events are projected to be exacerbated and global warming is highly likely to exceed 1.5ºC. Unprecedented heat waves This year is already expected to … Read more
A global shift to an El Niño weather pattern later this year could pave the way for the world to exceed 1.5C of warming for the first time in 2024, according to the UK Met Office. “I’m forecasting about a 15% chance of a new record in 2023. And if we’re in an El Niño … Read more
2022 was a year of climatic extremes, such as droughts or floods, record temperatures and concentrations of greenhouse gases, according to data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), which rank it as the second warmest year in Europe and the fifth globally, after 2016, 2020 and 2019 and 2017. Fifth warmest year According to … Read more
