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Climate change causing frequent cyclones as they draw energy from warm waters
•Cyclone Tauktae could be the biggest to hit western India in three decades.
September was the hottest month in 141 years with global temperatures averaging 15.97 Celsius: NOAA
•The globe set this record despite a La Nina, which is a cooling of parts of the central Pacific that changes weather patterns and usually slightly lowers temperatures.
Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic region hits a new record high temperature of 21.7 degrees Celsius
•Average temperatures in Svalbard could rise by a total of 10C by 2100 if world greenhouse gas emissions keep climbing.
What an ocean hidden under Antarctic ice reveals about the future of our planet's climate
•Research shows that if warming exceeds 2℃, major ice shelves would collapse, releasing ice, lifting the sea level by up to three metres by 2300.
Global warming has undone 6,500 years of worldwide cooling in the last 150 years
Trendingdesk •Accelerating greenhouse gases have contributed to global average temperatures that are now moving past one degree Celsius above the mid-19th century.
Russia's new climate change plan is to adapt, take advantage of warmer temperatures
Tech2 News Staff •The 17-page document covers the first stage of the plan which will span two years, ending 2022.
Future generations will face greater health problems due to climate change: Health report
•The elderly, poor and the sick hurt most during extreme heat with overheating, respiratory disease and kidney problems.
Emperor Penguins could march to extinction if nations fail to halt climate change
•If the emissions are not reduced, the estimated number of Emperor Penguins that will decline will be 31 percent.
Climate emergency: India says it can only aspire to implement already promised climate actions
Mongabay India •UN chief has asked world leader to make concrete plans intensify actions as emission around the world continue to rise.
Kuwait, Pakistan recorded third, fourth highest temperatures in the last 76 years, WMO reports
Tech2 News Staff •Death Valley in the USA still holds the record for the highest temperatures in the world, at 56.7 degrees Celsius.