Lamar Smith, for the Express-News Sunday, May 6, 2018 Robotic fish like Sofi, unveiled by MIT scientists, could be essential to protect marine life threatened by human activity and climate change. Such technology — not burdensome regulation — is key to combating climate change. History tells us […]
Mozambique’s capital Maputo could follow Cape Town’s water crisis with the El Nino phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean which is responsible for the current drought in southern Africa effecting Mozambique this year, the country’s National Meteorological Institute has warned, All Africa has reported. According to Aracio Tembe […]
Carrying a suite of 15 instruments, saildrones 1005 and 1006 started their Pacific journey last September from Alameda, California. JENNIFER KEENE, UW/JISAO AND NOAA PMEL By Paul Voosen Two 7-meter-long sailboats are set to return next month to California, after nearly 8 months tacking across the Pacific Ocean. Puttering […]
Michael H. Glantz et al. Published: 7 March 2018 Abstract Once an El Niño event has been forecast, government warnings and news headlines highlight the need for society to get ready for the potential impacts of the event, whether drought, flood, heatwave, disease outbreak, or water shortage. The […]
Dhesigen Naidoo Cape Town has become the latest poster child of drought in the Southern African region. The dramatic declaration of Day Zero—the date on which the taps are turned off—has caught the attention of the world. Indeed, in light of this looming deadline, now set for July 7 […]
January 31, 2018 Variations in Arctic stratospheric ozone can affect the tropospheric climate at middle-to-high latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere and all the way down to the tropics, according to researchers in China. The result suggests a key stepping stone in the known connection between Arctic stratospheric ozone and […]
BY GREG ASNER AND CLARE LEDUFF ON 31 JANUARY 2018 Our first reef community stop in the Reefscape project was the Galápagos Islands in December 2017. We found that ocean events such as El Niño can wipe out huge areas of reef, yet coral survival and regrowth remain evident. Our […]
