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New greenhouse gases record set, WMO reiterates need for international action to avoid devastating climate change

GENEVA (WMO) | According to the World Meteorological Organization’s annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record high in 2013, propelled by a surge in levels of carbon dioxide. This injected even greater urgency into the need for concerted international action against accelerating and potentially devastating climate […]

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World Weather Open Science Conference discusses progress, challenges & possibilities

MONTREAL | The World Weather Open Science Conference, attended by more than 1,000 meteorologists, forecasters, social scientists and application developers from over 50 countries, has laid the foundations to face future challenges posed by more extreme weather hazards. The highly successful conference, held in Montreal from 16 to 21 August, reviewed the rapid progress made […]

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