Nigeria annual flood outlook 2024
The 2024 Flood Outlook report offers a comprehensive assessment of flood risk across the country, highlighting critical areas of concern and strategic recommendations for mitigation and preparedness. Through
Rainfall Pattern
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Recharge rate in a carbonate rock covered watershed in Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, India using tritium injection and soil water balance methods
<p>Groundwater in the carbonate aquifers of the southern Andhra Pradesh, India has approached to stress level as water table has declined due to increasing groundwater draft, low to moderate rainfall,
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Large rainfall changes consistently projected over substantial areas of tropical land
Many tropical countries are exceptionally vulnerable to changes in rainfall patterns, with floods or droughts often severely affecting human life and health, food and water supplies, ecosystems and infrastructure.
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Sensitivity of freshwaters to browning in response to future climate change
<p>Many boreal waters are currently becoming browner with effects on biodiversity, fish production, biogeochemical processes and drinking water quality. The question arises whether and at which speed this
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2015 El Niño is the strongest since 1997-98
Says El Nino weather pattern has strengthened over the last two weeks The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said the recently emerged El Niño is now the strongest such event in nearly 20 years. Tropical
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Extreme precipitation and emergency room visits for gastrointestinal illness in areas with and without combined sewer systems: An analysis of Massachusetts data, 2003–2007
<p>Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) occur in combined sewer systems when sewage and stormwater runoff are released into water bodies, potentially contaminating water sources. CSOs are often caused by heavy
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Fog and rain in the Amazon
<p>We here demonstrate that we can resolve the seasonality of the hydrologic cycle in the Amazon using an approach, opposite to general circulation models, in which we resolve convection and parameterize
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Water stress
<p>About one-fifth of the worlds countries will face acute water shortage by 2040, as climate change will disrupt rainfall patterns. Population expansion will push up the demand for water, according to
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The possible role of local air pollution in climate change in West Africa
The climate of West Africa is characterized by a sensitive monsoon system that is associated with marked natural precipitation variability. This region has been and is projected to be subject to substantial
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Safer to predict an ‘unpredictable’ monsoon, says The Economist
“It is safe to predict more unpredictability,” says a special report in The Economist on the Indian monsoon that continues to defy the best forecasts made by the best of models. The magazine recently published
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Facing unprecedented drying of the Central Andes? Precipitation variability over the period AD 1000–2100
<p>Projected future trends in water availability are associated with large uncertainties in many regions of the globe. In mountain areas with complex topography, climate models have often limited capabilities