Data from Copernicus and the WMO show global temperatures are near the 1.5°C limit in the Paris Agreement. Scientists warn this raises the risk of more extreme and unprecedented weather.
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New research in Science Advances shows that hot, humid conditions during pregnancy damage child growth far more than high temperature by itself. The study used a combined metric (WBGT) in South Asia and found much larger prenatal risks when humidity is included.
Hurricane Melissa moved across the central Caribbean in late October and strengthened. Officials issued warnings from October 20, shelters opened, power and water failed in places, and Jamaica recorded deaths and injuries before an expected landfall on October 28.
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