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The World Meteorological Organization reports that the Earth experienced its hottest week on record at the beginning of July, attributing the unprecedented temperatures to climate change and the early stages of El Niño.
2023-07-10

The World Meteorological Organization announces that Fiona and Ian will be retired from future use during Atlantic hurricane seasons following the destruction caused last year, and will be replaced by Farrah and Idris in 2028.
2023-03-29

Cyclone Freddy kills at least 99 people in Malawi, including 85 people in Blantyre. It is the longest-lived tropical cyclone on record, according to the WMO, having formed on February 4.
2023-03-13

The World Meteorological Organization of the United Nations reports an average global temperature of about 1.15{{nbsp}}°C above pre-industrial levels in 2022, confirming that the last eight years were the highest temperatures recorded on Earth since records began.
2023-01-12

The World Meteorological Organization announces that Hurricane Ida will be retired from the list of Atlantic hurricane names after causing $75 billion in damage in the U.S. and killing 55 people in Louisiana, making Ida the 12th hurricane beginning with the letter I to do so. Ida will be replaced by Imani for the 2027 season.
2022-04-27

The United Nations' World Meteorological Organization confirms that a record high temperature of 18.3 °C (64.9 °F) has been recorded in Antarctica at the Esperanza Base.
2021-07-1

The World Meteorological Organization will not retire any names from the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, retired names from that season, as well as the upcoming 2020 season, will be announced jointly during next year's annual spring meeting.
2020-03-31

The World Meteorological Organization reports that average global carbon dioxide concentrations rose to 405.5 parts per million in 2017. They say this level was not seen since at least 3 million years ago.
2018-11-22

Concentrations of carbon dioxide ({{CO2}}) in the Earth's atmosphere surged by a record amount in 2016, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
2017-10-30

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2014 and the relentless fueling of climate change is endangering the planet for future generations.
2015-11-9