In the news

• 2006 Antarctic ozone hole nears previous record levels
  
  
• The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season
  
  
• El Niño update
  
  
• Indian Ocean tsunami-detection buoy to be installed 
  
  
• Ozone depletion
  
  
• METOP launch
  
  
• Weather forecasts in Spanish for 1 112 cities
  
  
• Gordon-an unusual hurricane
  
  
• Jason-2 ground station inaugurated
  
  
• Hot weather brought jellyfish to Mediterranean waters
  
  
• Locust swarms infest Mexico
  
  
• Honorary Membership of the Chinese Meteorological Society
  
  
• 2006 Stockholm Water Prize
  
  
• Students on Ice