Michael H. Glantz (1) • Gregory E. Pierce (1)Springer – Download Article Here Accepted: 6 May 2021© The Author(s) 2021 Abstract Current discussions of the social phenomenon of ‘‘vaccine hesitancy’’ with regard […]
El Niño impacts the precipitation recycle ratio over the Tibetan Plateau at interannual timescale
INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Feb 24, 2021 The water cycle over the Tibetan Plateau (TP), as known as “Asian Water Tower”, is vital to the regional and downstream […]
Webinar Replay: How can El Nino long range warning systems provide real benefits
Currently many areas of New Zealand are experiencing severe drought. Could the impacts of drought have been minimized with an effective long-range warning system (LRWS)? Three-stage warning systems that conduct short, medium […]
El Nino, La Nina weather patterns not seen prevailing during summer: WMO
Environment May 28, 2020 LONDON (Reuters) – Sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific remain neutral, meaning that neither El Niño nor La Niña weather patterns are prevailing, the U.N. World Meteorological […]
The unexpected link between Kenya’s unusual torrential flooding and Australia’s bushfires
February 17, 2020 Jennifer Fitchett Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand Many parts of Kenya have been experiencing torrential rainfall for a couple of months now. This has resulted in floods and landslides. The […]
The Ostrich Paradox ($.99!!)
Why We Underprepare for Disasters Robert Meyer and Howard Kunreuther “The Ostrich Paradox boldly addresses a key question of our time: Why are we humans so poor at dealing with disastrous risks, and […]
How El Niño is threatening livelihoods
El Niño-driven drought has already left more than 34 million people hungry in Eastern and Southern Africa, and this is set to double in 2016. ActionAid is helping people in the countries most […]