Published: 01:41 am,Monday 15 April 2024
Melting snow triggers flood risk in Finland´s different parts
The water levels in the rivers are increasing in the western region of the country due to melting snow triggering risk of flood in the area, said Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) in a bulletin on Sunday. Spring floods are at their peak during the weekend in a large area
Published: 01:53 am,Wednesday 10 April 2024
Global heat record broken for 10th consecutive month
Year 2024 recorded the warmest March ever documented globally, marking the 10th month in a row to be the hottest on record, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service, reported Xinhua. The average surface air temperature across the globe reached 14.14 degrees Celsius last month, surpassing
Published: 02:25 am,Saturday 6 April 2024
Finland sees warmer March this year
The average temperature in March varied from approximately +1 degrees Celsius in the southwest part of the country to about minus 6 degrees Celsius in Northern Lapland, according to the statistics of the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). In most parts of the country, the average temperature in March was
Published: 00:51 am,Sunday 31 March 2024
Melting snow, rain trigger flood risk in southern, western Finland
The water levels in the rivers are increasing in the southern and western regions of the country due to melting snow and rain triggering risk of flood in the regions early next week, said Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) in a bulletin on Saturday. The SYKE issued the warnings for
Published: 20:48 pm,Saturday 30 March 2024
Clock advances 1 hour as summer time begins Sunday
Summer time will start early Sunday when the clock will advance by one hour at 3:00 o’clock. In 2018, the European Commission proposed that the biannual clock changes be abandoned across the EU. However, the initial target schedule for the Commission’s proposal has not been met. Meanwhile, the tradition of
Published: 23:12 pm,Wednesday 6 March 2024
Finland sees unusually cold winter
The winter, the period from December to February, was colder than usual, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). Temperatures were widely 1–3 degrees Celsius below the long-term average. The last time winter was such colder in a large part of the country in 2011, said the FMI in
Published: 21:26 pm,Wednesday 28 February 2024
Arctic ice loss may help predict European summer weather: study
A recent study has found that Arctic ice loss is linked to hotter and drier European summers, meaning European weather may be predictable up to a year in advance, reported Xinhua. "The location and strength of meltwater occurrences in the North Atlantic in winter provide valuable clues about the
Published: 21:25 pm,Tuesday 13 February 2024
Arctic glaciers losing ´memories´ of climate history: Study
Arctic glaciers are "losing their memories" of climate history due to global warming, an international study coordinated by Italy's National Research Council (CNR) has revealed, reported Xinhua. The study, published in the scientific journal The Cryosphere, shows that climate change not only impacts the total area of glaciers, but
Published: 22:57 pm,Thursday 8 February 2024
Temperature rise in past year exceeds 1.5 °C warming limit: report
The temperature rise between February 2023 and January 2024 has surpassed the 1.5 degrees Celsius warming limit for the first time on record, reported Xinhua, quoting a report published by the European Union's (EU) Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) on Thursday. As per the report, the period between February
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