Topic: World Meteorological Organization
Only plastic between Haiti homeless and storms
Reuters Life! Online Report
LONDON (Reuters) - Seasonal rains and hurricanes spell trouble for Haiti in the best of times, but with hundreds of thousands of people living in flimsy makeshift shelters after last month's earthquake, this year the dangers are much greater. The rainy season begins in earnest in early April and the ...
World warming unhindered by cold spells: scientists
Reuters US Online Report Top News
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The pace of global warming continues unabated, scientists said on Thursday, despite images of Europe crippled by a deep freeze and parts of the United States blasted by blizzards. The bitter cold, with more intense winter weather forecast for March in parts of the United States, have led ...
Tropical storms to be more intense but less frequent: climate study
AFP Global Edition
Tropical cyclones may become less frequent this century but pack a stronger punch as a result of global warming, a paper published on Sunday said. The study is an overview of work into one of the scariest yet also one of the least understood aspects of climate change. Known in ...
Despite icy weather, overall trend is warmer: experts
AFP Global Edition
<div><p>Frigid weather that has gripped swathes of the northern hemisphere this winter is unusual but does not undermine an overall global trend of warming, experts said on Monday.</p><p>Northern Europe and northeast Asia have experienced brutal snowstorms and ...
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