OSLO: World temperatures are likely to dip next year from a sizzling record high in 2016, when man-made global warming was slightly boosted by a natural El Nino event in the Pacific Ocean, scientists said on Tuesday.It is still likely to be the third warmest since records began.The year-on-year ...

GENEVA: (APP) The latest El Nino weather phenomenon, which was one of the most powerful on record, has ended but could be replaced by its stormy sister La Nina in the coming months, the UN meteorological agency said Thursday."Atmospheric indicators that had shown strong El Nino patterns early in ...

BEIJING: (APP) Extreme weather, including hailstorms, heavy rain and a tornado, killed 51 and injured dozens in China's eastern Jiangsu province, the official Xinhua news agency reported Thursday.The storms hit Yancheng city in the province around 2:30 pm (0630 GMT) on Thursday, levelling homes, it ...

UNITED NATIONS, United States, May  21, (APP):UN special envoy for climate change nominated UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday appointed former Irish President Mary Robinson and Kenyan diplomat Macharia Kamau as special envoys for El Nino and climate. The El Nino weather phenomenon, ...