Chilliest Spring in years is cold comfort as CO2 emissions rise: WMO

Jun 09, 2021, at 04:08 pm

New York: Confirmation that Europe has just had its chilliest Spring in years is cold comfort for the planet, amid rising greenhouse gas levels which will bring negative impacts for generations to come, UN weather experts said on Tuesday.

Carbon dioxide levels hit new record; COVID impact ‘a tiny blip’, WMO says

Nov 24, 2020, at 03:32 pm

New York: Levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere hit a new record of 410.5 parts per million in 2019, and are expected to keep rising this year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in its annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin on Monday. 

Rising CO2 may increase dangerous weather extremes, whatever happens to global temperatures

Jun 18, 2018, at 05:44 pm

London, June 18 (IBNS): New research from the University of Oxford and collaborators at several other institutions provides compelling evidence that meeting the global warming target of 1.5°C may not be enough to limit the damage caused by extreme weather.

Record high CO2 emissions delay global peak, finds study

Nov 13, 2017, at 11:28 pm

Washington, Nov 13 (IBNS): Global carbon emissions are on the rise again in 2017 after three years of little-to-no growth, according to researchers at the University of East Anglia and the Global Carbon Project.

NASA pinpoints cause of Earth’s recent record carbon dioxide spike

Oct 13, 2017, at 10:18 pm

Washington, Oct 13 (IBNS): A new NASA study provides space-based evidence that Earth’s tropical regions were the cause of the largest annual increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration seen in at least 2,000 years.