The Consortium for Capacity Building (CCB) serves as a Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador, advancing a global commitment to strengthening resilience in the face of climate variability and increasing hydro-meteorological risks. As an educational, outreach, and networking organization based at the University of Colorado Boulder, CCB works across disciplines and […]
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 to Covid-19 provide an opportunity to use hesitancy as a means to shift thinking about untimely […]
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 climate and ecosystem. A new study found that the interannual variability of the summer precipitation recycle […]
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 and seasonal forecasting can prepare industries and communities for both severe weather events and the impacts […]
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 Organisation said on Thursday. The El Niño pattern brings a warming of ocean surface temperatures in […]
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 unusual weather can be attributed to the Indian Ocean Dipole. This is the difference in sea […]
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 what can we humans do about it? It is a must-read for everyone who cares about […]
