Asia’s Climate in Crisis: 2024 Sees Record Heat, Glacier Loss, and Ocean Extremes | Science-Environment

Alpine Glaciers in Full Retreat as Global Warming Speeds Melting

Extreme heat this summer could signal the death knell of some Alpine glaciers, after winter snowfall was less than half the norm in some regions.

Rapid warming, extreme weather hit Asia hard in 2024, killing thousands and impacting economies: report

India saw deaths due to cyclones, rain-triggered landslides, heatwaves and floods, as per the report by the World Meteorological Organization.

Asia’s Climate in Crisis: 2024 Sees Record Heat, Glacier Loss, and Ocean Extremes | Science-Environment

The average temperature across Asia in 2024 was approximately 1.04°C above the 1991–2020 baseline, making it the warmest or second warmest year ever recorded.

Asia's Record Heat: Impacts and Preparedness for 2024

(Credit:Unsplash) This article is published in association with United Nations. In April 2024, China broke the average temperature record that month. The following month, it was the same – and then again in August. And September. And November. While there are records which exist to be broken – Olympic ones, for example -these monthly temperature extremes are not medal worthy. And yet, China was not the only Asian country to set a flurry of new h…

State of the Climate in Asia 2024 [EN/AR/RU/ZH]

Analysis in English on World and 30 other countries about Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, Drought, Flood and more; published on 23 Jun 2025 by WMO