The world is on track for 2.6°C of warming this century, the UN warns

The annual Emissions Gap Report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) highlights a divide between rhetoric and action in addressing global warming, as well as the challenge facing governments at the COP31 climate summit, to be held in Turkey this November.

Typhoon "Champi" intensified to Category 5 over the Philippine Sea

 

Typhoon "Champi" has intensified into a Category 5 storm over the Philippine Sea. Wind speeds have reached 255 km/h, and the central pressure has dropped to 917 millibars. This was reported by the weather-monitoring group Backpirch Weather.

Japan has launched a probe to collect soil samples from a Martian moon Phobos

 

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has launched the MMX probe toward Phobos, a moon of Mars. The spacecraft lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center aboard an H3 heavy-lift launch vehicle.

Warnings issued that El Niño could intensify even further

 The climate phenomenon known as "Super El Niño", which has already triggered historic flooding and prompted maximum-level alerts across Latin America, could intensify even further throughout the remainder of the year, exceeding initial forecasts.

Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier melting faster than thought, could double sea-level contribution

One of the world’s largest glaciers is melting much faster than previously understood and could contribute about twice as much to global sea-level rise by the end of the century as earlier projections suggested.

Hurricane Trudy intensifies to Category 3 and threatens Mexican Pacific states

 

Hurricane Trudy intensified into a Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale this Friday off the Pacific coast of Mexico, according to the National Meteorological Service (SMN), which operates under the National Water Commission (Conagua).