El Niño has hit Indonesia with extreme drought, crop losses and fires, estimated to cost the Asian country more than the $5 billion in damage caused when the weather phenomenon struck the […]
El Nino’s devastating effect on Indonesia
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Indonesian fires are pouring huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere
By Chris Mooney October 20 Thick haze blankets Indonesia A fishing village is blanketed in haze in Indonesia after slash-and-burn agriculture practices and unusually dry conditions led to uncontrollable fires. (Reuters) […]
Indonesia’s Fire Outbreaks Producing More Daily Emissions than Entire US Economy
Nancy Harris, Susan Minnemeyer, Fred Stolle and Octavia Aris Payne – October 16, 2015 According to estimates released this week by Guido van der Werf on the […]
Peru prepares for El Niño
By Javier LizarzaburuLima 29 October 2015 People in the neighbourhood of Moyopampa, 35km (22 miles) east of Lima, say 23 March was a sunny Monday afternoon like so many others. But then […]
Major crop losses in Central America due to El Niño
Farmers require agricultural support following second year of severe dry weather 14 September 2015, Rome Prolonged dry weather associated with the El Niño phenomenon has severely reduced this year’s cereal outputs in […]
Zimbabwe braces for poor rains
Tabitha Mutenga 3 Sep 2015 ZIMBABWE should brace for yet another drought in 2016 as climatic predictions by the Southern African Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF) of normal to below normal rainfall […]
El Nino could make Southeast Asia haze worst on record
Forest fires across the region are having a devastating effect on health and economies. Richard Angwin | 14 Oct 2015 10:58 GMT | Weather, Indonesia, Asia Pacific, Environment The haze currently engulfing […]
