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Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying â IPCC
9.8.2021|Vreme
Scientists are observing changes in the Earth?s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released today. Many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, and some of the changes already set in motion ? such as continued sea level rise ? are irreversible over hundreds to thousands of years.
However, strong and sustained reductions in emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases would limit climate change. While...
The National Center of Meteorology inaugurates the first of its kind Science Dome in the world - United Arab Emirates
6.8.2021|Vreme
Al Mandous: The Science Dome contributes to the understanding of regional meteorological programs
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ? 12 July 2021 ? The National Center of Meteorology (NCM), inaugurated the Science Dome, a new 4D dome experience to the public as part of an engagement strategy that helps audiences understand meteorology, geophysics and rain enhancement science.?The Science Dome features state-of-the-art technologies, special effects, a 6K projection system and custom media. The dome is dedicated to meteorological data and has been designed to host international weather...
Novosti na mejnih prehodih s Hrvaško
5.8.2021|Promet
Z avgustom 2021 velja nova prometna ureditev na relaciji AC priključek Obrežje - MP Slovenska vas.
Monthly Weather Summary - July 2021 - Kingdom of Bahrain
4.8.2021|Vreme
July 2021 goes on record as the second hottest July ever experienced in Bahrain since 1902.?The mean temperature of the month was 36.5?C which is 1.4?C above the long-term normal for July and this goes on record as the second highest mean temperature for July since 1902 and only exceeded by July 2017 and 2020 with a record of 36.9?C.
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Enhancing Early Warning Systems in Cambodia and Lao Peopleâs Democratic Republic
3.8.2021|Vreme
Weather and climate conditions over the Indochina Peninsula, including Cambodia and Lao People?s Democratic Republic (PDR), make it one of the most vulnerable regions on the planet.?Climate change and variability add a layer of uncertainty with more intense dry seasons, wetter monsoons,?intensifying?floods and storms, and rising sea levels.?The 2020 storm season was one of the most active in history, with Typhoons Molave, Goni, and Vamco making landfall just three weeks apart, resulting in severe flooding, landslides, and loss of life and damaged property across the region...
Ozone research managers say no room for complacency on ozone layer recovery
29.7.2021|Vreme
Ozone experts from around the world have stressed the importance of systematic observations to monitor the state of the ozone layer and the presence of ozone-depleting substances, and to increase understanding of the impact of climate change on the Earth?s protective shield against harmful ultraviolet rays.
The stratospheric ozone layer is on the way to recovery thanks to actions taken under the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. But there is no room for complacency, according to a meeting of Ozone...
Evaluation du plan dâactions 2016-2020 du cadre national pour les services climatiques (CNSC) de la côte dâivoire et sa mise à jour pour la période 2021-2025
27.7.2021|Vreme
Pour relever les d?fis li?s au climat, la C?te d?Ivoire a mis en place des programmes dans lesquels intervient le Service M?t?orologique National. C?est dans ce contexte que la C?te d?Ivoire a ?labor? son Cadre National pour les Services Climatiques (CNSC) qui est pilot? par le Service M?t?orologique National (SMN) de la Soci?t? D?exploitation et de d?veloppement A?roportuaire, A?ronautique et M?t?orologique (SODEXAM) avec l?appui de l?Organisation M?t?orologique Mondiale (OMM). Ce cadre (CNSC 2016-2020) qui a ?t? adopt? en 2017, a permis d?identifier les principaux acteurs au sein des de...
Evaluation du plan dâactions 2016-2020 du cadre national pour les services climatiques (CNSC) de la côte dâivoire et sa mise à jour pour la période 2021-2025
27.7.2021|Vreme
Pour relever les d?fis li?s au climat, la C?te d?Ivoire a mis en place des programmes dans lesquels intervient le Service M?t?orologique National. C?est dans ce contexte que la C?te d?Ivoire a ?labor? son Cadre National pour les Services Climatiques (CNSC) qui est pilot? par le Service M?t?orologique National (SMN) de la Soci?t? D?exploitation et de d?veloppement A?roportuaire, A?ronautique et M?t?orologique (SODEXAM) avec l?appui de l?Organisation M?t?orologique Mondiale (OMM). Ce cadre (CNSC 2016-2020) qui a ?t? adopt? en 2017, a permis d?identifier les principaux acteurs au sein des de...
Mise en place dâun Groupe dâExperts National sur lâÃvolution du Climat en Côte dâIvoire
27.7.2021|Vreme
Les Experts ivoiriens se consultent pour la mise en place d?un cadre national d??valuation de l??volution du climat. Une quarantaine d?experts ivoiriens issus de plusieurs institutions publiques et priv?es dont le minist?re de l?Environnement et du D?veloppement Durable et la Soci?t? de D?veloppement et d?Exploitation a?ronautique A?roportuaire et M?t?orologique (SODEXAM), ont tenu un atelier de consultation nationale relatif ? la mise en place du Groupe d?Experts National sur l??volution du Climat (GENEC) en C?te d?Ivoire du jeudi 06 au vendredi 07 Mai 2021 ? l?image du Groupe d?Experts...
Mise en place dâun Groupe dâExperts National sur lâÃvolution du Climat en Côte dâIvoire
27.7.2021|Vreme
Les Experts ivoiriens se consultent pour la mise en place d?un cadre national d??valuation de l??volution du climat. Une quarantaine d?experts ivoiriens issus de plusieurs institutions publiques et priv?es dont le minist?re de l?Environnement et du D?veloppement Durable et la Soci?t? de D?veloppement et d?Exploitation a?ronautique A?roportuaire et M?t?orologique (SODEXAM), ont tenu un atelier de consultation nationale relatif ? la mise en place du Groupe d?Experts National sur l??volution du Climat (GENEC) en C?te d?Ivoire du jeudi 06 au vendredi 07 Mai 2021 ? l?image du Groupe d?Experts...
IPCC opens meeting to approve physical science report
26.7.2021|Vreme
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) opened a meeting on 26 July to approve its next report on the physical science basis of climate change, the first part of the Sixth Assessment Report.
The report, prepared by IPCC Working Group I, will provide the most up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change, bringing together the latest advances in climate science and multiple lines of evidence.
The meeting is being held remotely, the first time the IPCC has conducted an approval session in this format, from 26 July to 6 August 2021, because of the...
Cutting-edge technologies help forecast heavy rain - China Meteorological Administration
26.7.2021|Vreme
Recently, many parts of the world have been subjected to extreme weather events like heavy rain or heat wave. While in mid-late July, heavy rains have battered large portions of North China and Huanghuai Region. During the response to the heavy rain, multiple cutting-edge forecasting technologies and modernization results have been harnessed by China Meteorological Administration (CMA).
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Water-related hazards dominate disasters in the past 50 years
23.7.2021|Voda
Geneva, 23 July 2021 (WMO) - Water-related hazards dominate the list of disasters in terms of both the human and economic toll over the past 50 years, according to a comprehensive analysis by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Of the top 10 disasters, the hazards that led to the largest human losses during the period have been droughts (650 000 deaths), storms (577 232 deaths), floods (58 700 deaths) and extreme temperature (55 736 deaths), according to the forthcoming WMO Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970-2019).
With regard...
JMA hosts dedicated portal for Tokyo Olympics
20.7.2021|Vreme
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has a dedicated portal site to support the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (TOCOG) in the smooth hosting of the Games.
The Olympic Games are from 23 July to 8 August, and the Paralympics from 24 August to 5 September.
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Weather warning saved 1,144 villagers in Muli, Sichuan - China Meteorological Administration
20.7.2021|Vreme
?Hurry up! Rainstorm is just around the corner.Rush to the shelter at once, please!? At 5:54 p.m. on July 5, the loudspeaker suddenly sounded the alarm in Xiangjiao Township, Muli County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. The sound of sirens, alarms, and shouts broke the peace in Xiangjiao Township.?Xiangjiao Township, is located in mountain area. Due to its terrain, it is susceptible to floods and mudslides during the flood season.
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Role of Amazon as carbon sink declines: Nature study
20.7.2021|Voda
Amazonia hosts the Earth?s largest tropical forests and has been shown to be an important carbon sink. This carbon sink seems to be in decline, however, as a result of factors such as deforestation and climate change, according to a new paper published in Nature.
The study was led by Lucia Gatti, Group Leader, Brazil?s National Institute of Space Research /Center of Earth System Science and a member of the steering committee for the Integrated Global Greenhouse Gas Information System spearheaded by WMO.
The authors investigated Amazonia?s carbon budget and the main drivers responsible...
Summer of extremes: floods, heat and fire
16.7.2021|Vreme
Heavy rainfall has triggered devastating flooding causing dozens of casualties in Western Europe. Parts of Scandinavia are enduring a lasting heatwave, and smoke plumes from Siberia have affected air quality across the international dateline in Alaska. The unprecedented heat in Western North America has also triggered devastating wildfires.
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State of the Global Ocean Observing System in 2021 â recovering from the pandemic
15.7.2021|Vreme
GOOS Observations Coordination Group launches the new Ocean Observing System Report Card for 2021 - providing an up-to-date and global view of the status of the Global Ocean Observing System.
The 2021 Ocean Observing System Report Card has just been released. Each year this provides a key insight into the status of the Global Ocean Observing System, assessing observing networks? progress, focusing on what is needed to meet the challenges and demands for ocean information, and encouraging collaborations and new partners to join the ocean observing community.
The 2021 Report focuses on...
New project scales up early warning systems in the Pacific
14.7.2021|Vreme
A new project, Strengthening Hydro-Meteorological Early Warning Systems in the Pacific, has been launched with funding from the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems Initiative (CREWS).
It will enhance the effectiveness and inclusiveness of Regional Early Warning Systems (EWS) for local and vulnerable populations in Pacific Islands, improving early warning capabilities of national and regional hydro-meteorological centers and strengthening existing governance structures.
Of the 4.3 billion people living in Asia Pacific, it is the 2.3 million inhabiting the Pacific?s Small Island...
Flash flood guidance system includes snow hydrology
14.7.2021|Voda
Climate change has accentuated natural hazards, including flash floods caused by melting of snow and ice in many regions of the world.
The Himalayas, which are the third largest deposit of ice and snow in the world after Antarctica and the Arctic, are heavily impacted. ?This was highlighted by a disaster in February in Uttarakhand in the Indian Himalayas, after a part of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off and collapsed causing a massive flood in the Rishi Ganga /Dhauliganga river. This destroyed two hydropower plants, burst open dams, and led to a large number of casualties and...
