Tag: Meteorological
Finnish Meteorological Institute: This year’s June has been the warmest June in the history of measurements worldwide | News in brief
The average temperature of the globe has been record high for the past year. The last 12 months have been globally 1.5 degrees warmer compared to pre-industrial times. The average…
Which start of spring is the correct one, the biological, astronomical, or meteorological?
Province of Utrecht – After the biological spring and the meteorological spring, the astronomical spring also started today, March 20. But what do all these different starting times of spring…
Most of the thousands of flood victims in Libya could have been avoided if the weather and warning service had worked, says Petteri Taalas, Director of the World Meteorological Institute
People were not warned about the threat of flooding and were not evacuated. According to the Finnish director of the World Meteorological Institute, WMO, there are also problems in other…
‘Snuffelmast’ in Cabauw is world famous and provides important meteorological data
In the meadows near Cabauw, a thick pipe sticks straight into the air. The KNMI performs complex measurements there. But no matter how advanced the ‘sniffing mast’ is, for some…
“Extremely dangerous”, describes the Japan Meteorological Agency – a super typhoon is approaching the island nation
Typhoon Nanmadol could become Japan’s most destructive tropical storm in decades. The Japan Meteorological Agency urges people to get out of the way of the storm in time. Elsa Osipova,…
The World Meteorological Organization’s report calls for more ambitious measures to curb climate change
There is currently a huge gap between climate goals and reality, emphasizes the recent climate report of the UN World Meteorological Organization. We are going in the wrong direction, warns…