on tuesday, the world meteorological organization recognised a new arctic temperature record, after thedegrees celsius in june 2020. professor randy cerveny is the rapporteur on extreme records at the world meteorological organization and was part of the team that worked to verify this temperature in the arctic. in order to make sure that our records are right, we have to make sure that they were taken into the correct manner, that the instrumentation was the proper instrumentation, that the sensor was calibrated, that it was reading the correct values, that it was sighted in the specified place and it was at a specified level. there are lots of guidelines that we have for taking uniform measurements around the world, so when we have a new record what we want to do is make sure that observation was taken in exactly the proper manner so that we can have faith and confidence in all of our observations. so we can trust it. when i was living in the middle east, when it was 38 degrees outside some days, i'd have to change my shirt quite regularly. this is in the arctic, where the snow should

the world meteorological organization has confirmed last summer's arctic heatwave smashed the region's temperature record, which soared to 100.4 degrees in june 2020. the unprecedented high was recorded in the siberian town of verkhoyansk. this is world meteorological organization spokesperson clare nullis. >> saw devastating, very widespread severe and fires and we saw massive arctic sea ice loss and this heatwave did play a major role in 2020 being one of the warmest three years on record. the heat we saw in siberian in 2020 would have been almost impossible witht climate change. amy: muhammad iz, one of two men exonerated last month in the 1965 assassination of malcolm x, is suing the state of new york for least $20 million in damages. he spent two decades in prison before being released on parole. he had been fighting to clear his name ever since. an investigation by the manhattan d.a.'s office and the innocence project found that prosecutors, the fbi, and the new york police department omitted key evidence around the murder. a similar lawsuit is expected on behalf of the family of

the world meteorological organizations as the arctic is heating. ringback at more than twice the global average or satellites keep track of each melt season from 1981 to 2010. this was the median ice edge. that's the area still frozen at the end of summer in the northern hemisphere. last year, however, at the 2nd lowest amount of ice cover in the satellite record that level of melting has enormous effects on permafrost along the arctic coastlines. we'll talk specifics about climate science shortly with our guest. but 1st, let's speak to al jazeera oliver vonny in london. he's the producer of the environmental program planet. s o s. he had a crew were in greenland at the start of september or on about what did you actually see there? when we went over to greenland ahead of the climate, some of the things that i was go there was a little talk about rising temperatures and the effect that was having both on the tech and specifically on the green line. the guy she so we visited eastern greenland, the very remote area. there were a number of small hunti

the world meteorological organization says the optic is heating it more than twice the global average. the south africa medical research council has released its fust alma crohn's study. the data was gathered in the 1st 3 weeks since the very end appeared in southern africa. it found that 2 doses of the fires of vaccine would provide only 33 percent protection against infection from alma, chronic, but 70 percent protection against hospitalization. so the inference being that while on the crown is perhaps more easily transmissible. it isn't necessarily more potent or severe, shall be muddy, is the director of the vaccines and infectious diseases analytics research unit. he explains what they know about on a cron so far. what you do know, but on the county tc antibody. evasive so it comes as little surprise that vaccine doesn't protect against infection that ground with their death at their percent point estimate. i infected with another study from the united kingdom reach us all to receive a far, far as the vaccine, as renatta, as was anake of axiom, which showed ready little protectio

ever recorded in the arctic, 38 degrees celsius, has been officially confirmed by the world meteorological organizationg at twice the rate of the global average. more than 60 people have died in haiti after a fuel tanker exploded in a residential area last night. three days of mourning following the blast, which took place in the city of cap haitien. local reports suggest the vehicle was involved in an accident shortly before the explosion. more and more pupils and teachers are absent from schools in england with suspected or confirmed coronavirus infection. there's been a similar picture in scotland too over recent weeks. headteachers in some areas say they're struggling to provide teachers for every class. our education editor branwenjeffreys has been looking at the latest situation. as they get off the bus, a squirt of sanitiser. schools ramping up precautions again across england and scotland, more pupils and teachers absent. mora regan runs 30 schools around darlington as determined to keep them open. we've already lost in some ways a generation. she tells me covering for staff is hard. in recent

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the world meteorological organization confirmed a town in siberia reached a record of 104 -- 100 pointone of the three warmest years on record around the world. the statement from the organization says the report should sound alarm bells about the changing climate. 100 degrees in the arctic circle. kristen: hard to wrap our heads around that. in the meantime, a little alarming in terms of the amount of water coming our way soon. spencer: more water coming our way after 3-5 inches or more across the bay area over the last 72 hours. as are calming down from the most recent storm as it winds down. some light isolated showers, but it has left behind some rough surf. high surf advisory in effect until 10:00 tomorrow morning. wave heights are elevated, up to 25 feet. risk of recurrence, erosion will be there until the waves settle down. the wind is relatively strong. we have breezy conditions across the region, wind speeds at the surface 15-20 miles per hour with gusts in some locations. a view over the bay, you can see mid-level and low clouds hanging around. 48 in san francisco and morgan

in october, the world meteorological organization warned the effects of the climate crisis in africa ely worsen if immediate action is not taken. last year, the continent's land mass and waters warmed more rapidly than the world average . this is the wmo. >> food insecure and under nourished by 45.6%. the predictions we have, the decade of production for the period of 2020-2024, indicating an increase in terms of warming with increased arming, we expect reduction in terms of food production. we also expect impacts in terms of disease and pests. important, we will have impacts generated by flooding on the infrastructure system for agriculture production, which is the main source of livelihoods and food security in the continent. so all indicates the continuing warming probably worsen the current 45 or 6% increase in terms of undernourished people we've seen from 20, 2012. and because average greenhouse gas is just a fraction of those living in countries like the u.s., australia, and the u.k. african development bank estimates africa bears almost half the costs of adapting to the conseq