The January figures are in, and Earth's string of hottest-months-on-record has now reached nine in a row. But NASA said January stood out: The temperature was above normal by the highest margin of any month on record.
Though the biting cold of the last week has subsided, the fog in Dhaka will persist for a few more days, said an official of the Met office.
The ongoing cold wave across the country may last for two to three days more, while the overall temperature is expected to rise at the end of this month, according to the Chuadanga Met office.
US government scientists are widely expected to announce Wednesday that 2015 was the planet's hottest year in modern times, amid mounting concerns over the pace of climate change worldwide.
Meteorologists anticipate that the temperature across the country might dive to below eight degree centigrade within next two or three days.
Analyzing a new study, Washington Post reports that rising global temperatures may be affecting the Greenland ice sheet and its contribution to sea-level rise in more serious ways that scientists imagined.
The next two years could be the hottest on record globally, says research from the UK's Met Office.
July was the hottest month in history, and the first seven months of the year were also the warmest since modern record-keeping began.
The summertime buzz of everyone’s favourite fuzzy bee could be silenced forever unless global warming slows down.
Heatwave conditions continue to sweep India where more than 1,100 people have died in the past week, officials say.
Nor'wester lashes Dhaka and four other districts.
A breakthrough in the development of temperature- resilient beans could help sustain a vital source of protein for millions of people around the globe
THIS year, New York City had the coldest winter in decades. The US National Weather Service informed that in February 2015 the average temperature was 24.1 degrees Fahrenheit, which is the highest in 80 years.