Guataman Bhaskaran on December 4, 2015 in Asia Times News & Features The recent rain in the southern Indian coastal city of Chennai — unimaginably torrential and reportedly as heavy as it […]
El-Nino, poor urban design leave Chennai battered
The worst El Niño in years is triggering acute food shortages in Zimbabwe
Yomi Kazeem February 05, 2016 Zimbabwe has declared a state of disaster in parts of the country which have been badly hit by one of the worst droughts it has seen in […]
El Niño Is Fueling One of the Scariest Droughts In Recent History
Maddie Stone 2/01/16 Imagine if crop yields across the United States dropped more than 50 percent in a single year. It’s difficult to fathom just how catastrophic this would be—but that’s exactly […]
Monster El Niño probed by meteorologists
Unprecedented Pacific Ocean campaign aims to improve forecasts for strong storms. Richard Monastersky 20 January 2016 El Niño has sent heavy rains to California this year. Climate scientists this week began a research […]
El Niño Is So Last Year, Here Comes La Niña to Bring Havoc
by Eko Listiyorini January 6, 2016 As the effects of the most severe El Niño in almost 20 years still reverberate globally, parts of the world are already preparing for La Niña. Indonesia […]
Ethiopia: Reversing Effects of Drought through Concentrated Efforts
editorial Climate Change has become a global phenomenon that is subsequently triggered by various man-made and natural factors. Deforestation and industrial wastes and pollutants have continued to increase carbon emissions which have […]
Powerful El Niño brings droughts and food insecurity to millions in Papua New Guinea
Source(s): Oxfam International Secretariat Millions of people in the Pacific are affected by the consequences of a powerful El Niño – the climate phenomenon that develops in the tropical Pacific and brings […]
