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 […]
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 […]
How do El Niño events affect Mexico?
Excerpts from Geo-Mexico La Niña and El Niño are two major periodic disturbances to the normal oceanic and atmospheric circulation patterns over the Pacific Ocean which have widespread effects around the world. The normal […]
Working with a Changing Climate, Not Against It – Mekong River Basin (MRB) in Cambodia
Michael H. Glantz
Disaster preparedness is still a pipe dream despite big effort
Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana has already responded to the aftermath of the heavy rains by establishing disaster units and allowing his staff to work in flexible time frames aware of the danger. […]
Lack Of Cooperation From State Governments, Key Factor For Non-Compliance In Crop Insurance Schemes: Gajendra Shekhawat, MoS, Ministry Of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Indian Monsoon has a direct relationship with the global climate change, which is evidently showing impact across the country in forms like the early and the late arrival of monsoon, temporal fluctuation […]
Colombia, Peru disasters show growing risk from ‘coastal El Niño’
South America is in the grip of an unprecedented climate phenomenon that has unleashed unusually heavy rains and taken a destructive toll. Worse still, it could be several weeks away from abating. […]