Climate summit in Copenhagen (Chappatte cartoon)
GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The world climate summit opens in Copenhagen, Denmark Monday 7 December, with leaders from 192 nations attending. The goal: to find a global...
View Article2009 in top 10 for warmest years ever
GenevaLunch.com WMO says temperatures up, also calls for drought indices Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Climate change and global warming are under discussion in chilly Copenhagen this week, and...
View ArticleHaiti needs weather services urgently, says WMO
GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva Tuesday 9 February made an urgent plea for another kind of aid for Haiti: weather services. The...
View ArticleCanadian Olympics get “nowcasting” weather experts
GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – “And now the mountain weather forecast for the next two minutes!” Such extremely short-term weather forecasting might be a thing of the future, but...
View ArticleWMO raises the alarm: greenhouse gases at highest level since 1748
GenevaLunch.com (video) Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The main greenhouse gases rose 1 percent from 2008 to 2009 and 27.5 percent from 1990 to 2009, the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Bulletin published by...
View ArticleTen warmest years on record: all of them since 1998
GenevaLunch.com 2010 equal to 2005 and 1998, confirms global warming trend Extreme weather events listed but no direct link made (video, El Niño, La Niña) Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Those who...
View ArticleLargest La Niña episode in past century linked to Aussie rains
GenevaLunch.com Current La Niña episode started in June 2010, expected to die down over next four months Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva has...
View ArticleGeneva’s international buzz louder than usual
GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva prides itself on its international role, but if you sense that the city’s native sons and daughters are outnumbered by foreign guests at the...
View ArticleBrrrrr, why it’s 5C in the Arctic when it’s -7C in Milan
GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – If you’ve been talking to friends about our Arctic weather, you should revise your description, for in recent days it’s been warmer in Svalbard, far north in the...
View Article“Sandy” retired as hurricane name, earlier warnings to be used
GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Sandy, the 2012 hurricane was the last to have the name: the World Meteorological Office said Friday 12 April that the name will be retired, in line with a policy...
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