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May 4, 2024 · Recent and projected changes in climate patterns in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region
May 8, 2024 · 08 May 2024. The WMO State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023 report confirmed that it was by far the warmest year on record. Sea levels continued to rise at a higher rate than the global average around much of the Atlantic region, threatening coastal areas and small island developing States.
May 7, 2024 · The core group of countries in the Sahel are Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Chad. The Sahel has historically suffered prolonged droughts, excessive heat, soil erosion, and desertification from a combination of climate change, over-farming, overgrazing, and overpopulation.
5 days ago · It experiences a dry climate with distinct wet and dry seasons. The Sahel is characterized by a harsh, arid climate with a short rainy season and a prolonged dry season, making it susceptible to droughts and desertification. The Sahel's name is derived from the Arabic word for "shore" or "coast."
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May 16, 2024 · Climate change is a significant change that is witnessed courtesy of the emission of billion tons of CO 2, especially in industrialized countries. Climate change became noticeable during the Second World War, but it has quadrupled since that period by 2006, and it has been projected to have increased widely by 2030 which will lead to the emission of 40.2 billion tons.
2 days ago · South America has a total area of about 6,878,000 square miles (17,814,000 square km), or roughly one-eighth of the land surface of Earth. Its greatest north-south extent is about 4,700 miles, from Point Gallinas, Colombia, to Cape Horn, while its greatest east-west extent is some 3,300 miles, from Cape Branco, Brazil, to Point Pariñas, Peru.
16 hours ago · This report assesses the influence of human-caused climate change on dangerous heat waves over the past 12 months (May 15, 2023 to May 15, 2024). The period of analysis spans Earth’s hottest ...
