CO2 levels in atmosphere surged to record levels in 2013, says WMO

Rate of ocean acidification also unprecedented, says UN’s meteorological agency

2014 may turn out to be hottest year ever

What is particularly unusual and alarming this year are the high temperatures of vast areas of the ocean surface, including in the northern …

Oilwell fires

Parched future

Arctic ozone depletion creats panic

Wait for the monsoon continues

Stalled since about 10 days in a crucial agricultural month like June, the 'mood swings' of the south-west monsoon continue to keep half of India …

El Niño may hit Indian monsoon in July

UN agency asks nations to make contingency plans for the expected impact on agriculture, water

Ozone nightmates

Over the next few years, ozone loss is projected to go from to worse

Ozone layer drops to lowest recorded level

Two major volcanic eruptions have further damaged the CFC-affected ozone layer, creating a larger than ever gap in the stratosphere.

Yet another El Niño on the anvil; could make 2018 one of the warmest on record

Climate change is influencing traditional dynamics of El Niño and La Niña events as well as their impacts

2014 warmest year on record

10 warmest years, with the exception of 1998, have occurred since 2000

Counting losses

A new instrument makes the task of monitoring ozone levels easier

2001-2010: Hottest decade with climate extremes

370,000 deaths globally due to extreme weather and climate conditions, says World Meteorological Organization report

International weather agency warns of a stronger El Niño

The peak three-month average surface water temperature in the east-central tropical Pacific Ocean will exceed 2 degrees Celsius above normal

International weather agency pronounces 2015 the warmest year on record

The global average surface temperature in 2015 is likely to be the warmest ever and will reach the 1 degree Celsius mark above the pre-industrial …

2015 El Niño strongest since 1997-98, says international weather agency

El Niño is one of the main drivers of the climate system and contributes to extreme weather events around the world

Expert bodies suggest measures to fight killer heat waves

Long-term planning, combined with immediate preventive measures, can be the key

Warming has changed Arctic forever; 2017 could be third hottest year on record: studies

In 2017, the Arctic continued to warm at double the rate of the global temperature increase

Role of climate change in tropical cyclones still unclear

Thomas Knutson is a research meteorologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the US. He was the co-chairperson …

Temporary gain

Get future shocks now: watch weather reports of 2050

WMO ropes in well-known television weather presenters to present imagined but realistic weather reports of future ahead of New York climate meet

Ozone crisis

Climate change back in presidential election focus

The superstorm has killed 68 so far in North America

Ozone: good news and bad news

Hole in the ozone layer is healing, but ground level ozone is destroying crops that could feed a third of India’s poor

El Nino may disrupt monsoons

Weather conditions that promote El Nino persistent, says Met department; drought feared