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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Effects of declining aerosols on projections of zonally averaged tropical precipitation
All of the representative concentration pathways (RCPs) assume that future emissions of aerosols and aerosol precursors will decline sharply. There is considerable evidence that historically increasing
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Indian monsoon's past analysed by scientists
Fossils from the ocean floor are yielding clues to the Indian monsoon millions of years ago. Samples drilled from beneath the Indian Ocean are being used to reconstruct past rainfall and temperature
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Climate change making droughts in Australia worse as rain patterns shift
Climate change is making drought conditions in south-west and south-east Australia worse, with serious ramifications for people’s health and the agriculture industry, a new paper has warned. The Climate
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Response of Karakoram-Himalayan glaciers to climate variability and climatic change: A regional climate model assessment
<p>The Karakoram and the Himalayan mountain range accommodate a large number of glaciers and are the major source of several perennial rivers downstream. To interactively describe to response of glaciers
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Tropical rainfall on the rise as big storm events increase, study finds
Rainfall is increasing in the tropics across the world with the rise attributed to more big thunderstorms, new research by an Australian-led team has found. While observations and models have found
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Evaluation of a regional climate model for impact assessment of climate change on crop productivity in the tropics
Regional climate models (RCMs) are considered to be more useful than general circulation models for assessing impacts of climate change scenarios in agriculture. In this communication, the climatic outputs
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Observations of rainfall in Garhwal Himalaya, India during 2008–2013 and its correlation with TRMM data
<p>Rainfall variations in the Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand were studied for a period of six years from 2008 to 2013. The rainfall data were obtained through a dense network of rain gauges installed by
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World may face 40pc shortfall in 15 yrs
The UN has urged world leaders to rethink water policies or face a 40 per cent shortfall in just 15 years. A combination of low underwater reserves and erratic rainfall patterns caused by climate change,
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Shamals and climate variability in the Northern Arabian/Persian Gulf from 1973 to 2012
This paper presents key results from analysis of surface meteorological observations collected in the Northern Arabian/Persian Gulf (N Gulf; Kuwait, Bahrain, and NE Saudi Arabia), which spans a 40-years
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Spatial and temporal variability of rainfall in the Gandaki river basin of Nepal Himalaya
Landslides, floods, and droughts are recurring natural disasters in Nepal related to too much or too little water. The summer monsoon contributes more than 80% of annual rainfall, and rainfall spatial