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USA – Record high temperatures expected over Christmas
It’s beginning to look a lot like — September? While retailers may be hitting their full holiday shopping season stride,…
Detailed update: El Nino’s big dry now showing up across New Zealand (+Map)
Drier than average soil conditions are clearly showing up in the latest nationwide soil moisture maps, provided by Niwa –…
Obama: Climate change agreement is ‘the best chance we have’ to save the planet
President Barack Obama praised a landmark climate change agreement approved Saturday in Paris, saying it could be “a turning point…
Historic Climate Change agreement reached
“We must protect the planet that sustains us. For that we need all hands on deck,” U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon…
Week in Weather: What’s been making headlines this week
It’s been another dramatic week of weather around the world, while New Zealand slowly makes the transition from spring to…
What is El Niño? A climatologist gives the ABCs of the current weather phenomenon
El Nino is an ocean and atmospheric phenomenon that has a significant impact on our planet’s weather. While an El…
USA – Drought-hit California set for a drenching
An unusual weather pattern and warm water in the Pacific, better known as El Nino, are set to bring major…
China: Beijing issues first ever smog ‘red alert’
Beijing’s city government issued its first red alert for pollution on Monday, ordering schools to close, halting outdoor construction and…
Exclusive: Helen Clark talks to WeatherWatch.co.nz about weather, climate & refugees
Former New Zealand Prime Minister and current Administrator for the United Nations Development Programme Helen Clark is the latest to…
UK: Storm Desmond lashes the UK & Ireland with flooding
A fierce, wet Atlantic storm soaked parts of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland with flooding rain, storm surge flooding…
