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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The anthropogenic contribution to atmospheric black carbon concentrations in southern Africa: a WRF-Chem modeling study
<p>South Africa has one of the largest industrialized economies in Africa. Emissions of air pollutants are particularly high in the Johannesburg-Pretoria metropolitan area, the Mpumalanga Highveld and
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The catastrophe over Jammu and Kashmir in September 2014: a meteorological observational analysis
<p>An observational analysis of the catastrophic rainstorm during 4–6 September 2014 over Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) presented in this study shows that the event was unprecedented in terms of the
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Evaluation of in situ rainwater harvesting as an adaptation strategy to climate change for maize production in rainfed Africa
<p>Stabilizing smallholder crop yields under changing climatic conditions in subSaharan Africa will require adaptation strategies focused on soil and water management. Impact studies of climate change
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Assessment of people s perceptions and adaptations to climate change and variability in mid-hills of Himachal Pradesh, India
<p>A study based on farm household survey was conducted in mid-hills of Himachal Pradesh to gain insights on people s perceptions and adaptations to climate change and variability. Results of the study
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River flood risk in Jakarta under scenarios of future change
<p>Given the increasing impacts of flooding in Jakarta, methods for assessing current and future flood risk are required. In this paper, we use the Damagescanner-Jakarta risk model to project changes in
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Climatic, meteorological and topographical causes of the 16–17 June 2013 Kedarnath (India) natural disaster event
<p>The devastating flood episode (16–17 June 2013) at Kedarnath (Uttrakhand, India), caused a huge loss of lives and loss of physical/material wealth. To understand this catastrophic event, rainfall/convective
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The influence of tropical volcanic eruptions on the climate of South America during the last millennium
<p>Currently, little is known on how volcanic eruptions impact large-scale climate phenomena such as paleo-ITCZ position or South American summer monsoon behavior. In this paper, an analysis of observations
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Multi-scale drought and ocean–atmosphere variability in monsoon Asia
<p>Spatially extensive and persistent drought episodes have repeatedly influenced human history, including the 'Strange Parallels' drought event in monsoon Asia during the mid-18th century. Here
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All India Kisan Sabha asks Centre to embrace environment protection measures
Expressing concern over changes reported in rainfall patterns in recent years, the farmers' wing of CPI(M) today demanded Centre to embrace environment protection measures so that peasants across the country
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Climate-induced variations in global wildfire danger from 1979 to 2013
<p>Climate strongly influences global wildfire activity, and recent wildfire surges may signal fire weather-induced pyrogeographic shifts. Here we use three daily global climate data sets and three fire