You can thank the evolution of the West Pacific Warm Pool. October 22, 2019 By Andrew Freedman Climate change is reshaping the evolution and intensity of El Niño events in a way that favors the occurrence of more “super” El Niños, according to a study published Monday. The study examines 33 […]
September 12, 2019 Nature World News “Hot and dry” are the watchwords for large fires. In just seconds, a spark in hot and dry conditions can set off an inferno consuming thick, dried-out vegetation and almost everything else in its path. While every fire needs a spark to […]
2018 was the sixth-warmest and had the sixth-lowest monsoon in the last 117 years, says IMD By Richard Mahapatra Thursday 17 January 2019 Credit: Getty Images The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on January 16 declared that 2018 was the sixth- warmest year in the last 117 years or since 1901, […]
Indonesia is one of the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases, but manages to fly well below the radar. Dec 6, 2018 By Nithin Coca World leaders are gathered this month in Katowice, Poland, for COP24, the most important global meeting on climate change since the 2015 UN Climate Conference in […]
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This news article was issued by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR/UCAR) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU) as a press release on 28 August 2018. Scientific Press Releses Swings from El Niño to La Niña are likely to become wilder, with far-reaching consequences for crop yields, fire risk, […]
Carl Kelly, Economist Earlier this year, many expert climatologists sounded alarm bells about the possibility of another devastating episode of the weather phenomenon known as El Niño. Peru is one of Latin America’s most vulnerable countries to the economic impacts of El Niño and the Peruvian government and […]
