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Government leaders and scientists have sounded the alarm at the accelerating scale and speed of melting snow, ice and glaciers and the looming threat for human, environmental and economic well-being and security
The monthly global temperature record was once again smashed in October, continuing an extended streak of extraordinary land and ocean surface temperatures and low sea ice, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). October was the fifth month in a row of record-warm global temperatures.
Radio frequency bands are a key requirement for all Earth-observation systems and must be protected from harmful interference, according to WMO Secretary-General Prof. Petteri Taalas.
African heads of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) have been urged to apply the knowledge they amassed from a WMO-sponsored Executive Training Programme to protect millions of people across the continent who are vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change.