The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released its annual "Statement on the Status of the Global Climate," highlighting that global surface temperatures reached record values and that 2010 represented the closure of the warmest decade on record.

Extremes of weather and climate can have devastating effects on human society and the environment. Understanding past changes in the characteristics of such events, including recent increases in the intensity of heavy precipitation events over a large part of the Northern Hemisphere land area, is critical for reliable projections of future changes.

The World Economic Forum -- the gathering of power glitterati each year in Davos -- has assessed the top risks the world faces in 2011. According to this analysis, climate change is the highest-ranking risk the world will face in the coming years, when its likelihood and impact are combined.

A new book on Climate Impacts on Energy Systems, Key Issues for Energy Sector Adaptation  was launched by ESMAP and the World Bank’s Global Expert Team on Climate Adaptation in Washington DC on February 28, 2011.

GENEVA: The warmest year on record is a three-way tie- 2010, 2005 and 1998.
So says the U.N.

Sea Ice Loss May Have Led To Arctic Drift Over Europe
In a clear indication of global warming manifesting in extreme weather conditions

New Delhi: Severe cold may be making headlines in the past two weeks, but here

Unless a spell of rain lashes the NE region, there is apprehension that the present weather condition , which has brought down the mercury level in west and central Assam and the Barak valley, will continue the next 48 hours.

Last year tied for the warmest since data started in 1880, capping a decade of record high temperatures that shows mankind's greenhouse gas emissions are heating the planet, two U.S.

Gokul Chandrasekar | ENS

Climate experts gathered at the 98th Indian Science Congress made some stark revelations on the impact of climate change in India.

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