UN warns new technologies could disrupt critical weather-monitoring frequencies

The United Nations issued an alert indicating that the proliferation of new technologies may threaten the radio frequencies used by a range of meteorological and environmental monitoring equipment. Sensors that track natural signals at precise frequencies—including weather radars, wind-profile radars, radiosondes, lightning-detection networks, as well as aviation, maritime and hydrological observation systems—require uninterrupted access to these bands.

The UN warned that harmful interference could undermine the reliability of global weather forecasting and climate surveillance. It emphasized the importance of safeguarding these frequencies to maintain accurate atmospheric data collection. The warning aims to prompt international coordination to prevent disruptive emissions from emerging devices.