Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana has already responded to the aftermath of the heavy rains by establishing disaster units and allowing his staff to work in flexible time frames aware of the danger. […]
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If El Ninos happen twice as often in the future, what happens to seabirds?
May 7, 2018, UC Davis Brandt’s cormorant. Credit: Annie Schmidt/UC Davis More frequent El Niño events in the future may have surprising impacts on seabirds and some fish species, according to a study […]
Innovation is the solution to climate change
Lamar Smith, for the Express-News Sunday, May 6, 2018 Robotic fish like Sofi, unveiled by MIT scientists, could be essential to protect marine life threatened by human activity and climate change. […]
#WaterCrisis: 1990 article shows Day Zero plans should’ve began years ago
Cape Town – Cape Town authorities should have begun implementing water augmentation schemes in 2012 or earlier, the Water Research Commission (WRC) said.If this had been done, there would be no talk […]
El Nino may see Maputo facing Cape-style water crisis
Mozambique’s capital Maputo could follow Cape Town’s water crisis with the El Nino phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean which is responsible for the current drought in southern Africa effecting Mozambique this […]
Diversity of El Niño Variability Makes Prediction Challenging
The atmospheric response to El Niño, both in the Pacific region and around the world, changes with each event and is uncertain in future under the influence greenhouse gas forcing. Storm clouds […]
Fleet of sailboat drones could monitor climate change’s effect on oceans
Carrying a suite of 15 instruments, saildrones 1005 and 1006 started their Pacific journey last September from Alameda, California. JENNIFER KEENE, UW/JISAO AND NOAA PMEL By Paul Voosen Two 7-meter-long sailboats are set […]