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. May 9th, 2018 Victor Bwire, Nairobi. The Kenya Meteorological Department sounded the alarm that parts of […]
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 from the University of California, Davis. El Niños are unusually warm ocean conditions that occur every […]
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. Such technology — not burdensome regulation — is key to combating climate change. History tells us […]
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 of Day Zero, said WRC chief executive Dhesigen Naidoo. Images circulating on social media show a […]
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 year, the country’s National Meteorological Institute has warned, All Africa has reported. According to Aracio Tembe […]
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 over the Indian Ocean as observed from the International Space Station. Changes in cloud cover is […]
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 to return next month to California, after nearly 8 months tacking across the Pacific Ocean. Puttering […]
