within the coming years. they also say that a key temperature threshold, a rise in global temperature by 1.5 degrees celsius above pre industrial levels, is likely to be breached for the first time. our climate editorjustin rowlatt has more details. rising temperatures thanks to global warming are one reason but we are also seeing a change in a crucial weather system in the pacific ocean called el nino. for the last few years, winds blowing along the equator have been stronger than normal, pushing warmer water towards the coast of asia and helping deep, cold water well up on the coast of the americas. this phase is known as la nina, and is associated with below average global temperatures. we are now moving into the el nino phase, where winds are weaker which means warm water spreads across the pacific. now, that tends to increase global temperatures by about 0.2 celsius on average. that does not sound much, but it makes it almost certain, a 98% chance according to the un s w
have been working together on intelligence and national security issues. instead the g7 will dominate the weekend but now there are plans for the president to make sure he meets with the australian leader, india s modi and have an informal gathering of the quad informal gathering of the quad in japan informal gathering of the quad injapan instead of australia. the pride of australia is a bit shaken by this and yes it means he is not physically going to a part of the world where united states is concerned china s was growing too much. i hope was to have him go there and say united states is a close partner economically, militarily, but now he can t do that. the one thing australia does get out of this however is a state visit in washington, they will get all the pomp and circumstance in dc. find circumstance in dc. and president circumstance in dc. and president biden - circumstance in dc. and president biden has - circumstance in dc. and | president biden has said circumstance in dc