Meteorological

The captain will go to the meteorological office to get a weather briefing.

The Japan Meteorological Agency has revised the magnitude of the eastern Japan quake from 8.8 to 9.0, the largest recorded in world history.

Freezing rain is a rather rare meteorological phenomenon.

The World Meteorological Organization warns the floods, heatwaves and other extreme weather conditions gripping many parts of the world are likely to continue as a consequence of accelerating climate change.

In a new warning, the U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization said the world is becoming increasingly vulnerable to the impact of climate change.

Some regions in Germany sweltered as the mercury hit 39° C and the German Meteorological Office said the country's all-time record of 40.3° C could be topped Tuesday.

In Denmark, where the Meteorological Institute reported that the month of July has been the sunniest since they started recording data in 1920, sales of alcoholic beverages dropped in favor of non-alcoholic beers and sodas.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says the world's leading weather stations confirm the Earth has just had the warmest June on record, since record keeping began in 1880.

The World Meteorological Organization is warning that if the planet keeps warming at its current pace, the average global temperature could increase by 1.5 degrees C in the next 10 years.

The World Meteorological Organization warned that climate change will have a major impact on biodiversity and nature as well as on people’s socioeconomic development and well-being.