Michael H. Glantz et al. Published: 7 March 2018 Abstract Once an El Niño event has been forecast, government warnings and news headlines highlight the need for society to get ready for the potential impacts of the event, whether drought, flood, heatwave, disease outbreak, or water shortage. The […]
Dhesigen Naidoo Cape Town has become the latest poster child of drought in the Southern African region. The dramatic declaration of Day Zero—the date on which the taps are turned off—has caught the attention of the world. Indeed, in light of this looming deadline, now set for July 7 […]
By Claire Asher on 22 February 2018 Despite a 76 percent decline in deforestation rates between 2003 and 2015, the incidence of forest fires is increasing in Brazil, with new research linking the rise in fires not only to deforestation, but also to severe droughts. El Niño, combined with other […]
Indian Monsoon has a direct relationship with the global climate change, which is evidently showing impact across the country in forms like the early and the late arrival of monsoon, temporal fluctuation in the onset of seasons, unprecedented rainfall and associated phenomena February 22, 2018 by Prabodh Krishna India […]
January 31, 2018 Variations in Arctic stratospheric ozone can affect the tropospheric climate at middle-to-high latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere and all the way down to the tropics, according to researchers in China. The result suggests a key stepping stone in the known connection between Arctic stratospheric ozone and […]
CFA Institute Contributor February 2, 2018 It’s getting hot out there, and investors need to protect themselves (Source: Getty) In a previous incarnation, I was a theoretical astrophysicist. In that role, I worked on a team that tried to parse how much of global warming could be attributed […]
BY GREG ASNER AND CLARE LEDUFF ON 31 JANUARY 2018 Our first reef community stop in the Reefscape project was the Galápagos Islands in December 2017. We found that ocean events such as El Niño can wipe out huge areas of reef, yet coral survival and regrowth remain evident. Our […]
