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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Fourteen new species of dancing frogs discovered - just before they vanish
Scientists have discovered 14 new species of "dancing frogs" in the jungle mountains of southern India — just in time, they fear, to watch them fade away. Indian biologists say they found the tiny acrobatic
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Roaring Forties' shift south means more droughts for southern Australia
Change in Southern Ocean winds helps explain why Antarctica is bucking the global warming trend Droughts across southern Australia are to continue increasing as the Roaring Forties get stronger and
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Extremes in monsoon rainfall growing: study
Amidst worrisome indications that human-induced climate change is affecting the monsoon over India, research just published adds to a body of evidence showing that extremes in rainfall are increasing.
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Drought conditions and management strategies in India
Drought conditions and management strategies in India - Country Report prepared for the Regional Workshop for Asia-Pacific as part of the UN-Water Initiative on “Capacity Development to Support National
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Climate change 'making extreme rainfall in England more likely'
Oxford University research shows rising temperatures mean intense rainfall now one in 80 year event rather than one in 100 year Climate change caused by humans has made the likelihood of extreme rainfall
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Experts expect El Nino, sub-normal to normal monsoon in South Asia
Pune : The consensus outlook for the summer monsoon season (June-September), developed in the fifth session of the South Asian Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF-5), indicates below-normal to normal rainfall
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El Nino concern: Skymet too raises monsoon alarm
India should prepare for below normal rainfall in the crucial monsoon season this year, particularly in the agriculturally significant north-western and western central regions, private forecaster Skymet
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When El Nino brought drought to India
El Nino has a history of adversely impacting rainfall in India during monsoon. Here is a timeline of the years in which India witnessed droughts triggered by El Nino—the warming of sea-surface temperatures
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New model to project climate change impact
The government is preparing a new model to help project the impacts of climate change on temperature, rainfall and other climatic conditions in eight districts. As climate change and rainfall pattern impacts
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Reduced rains in Western Ghats may affect water supply in cities
While popular opinion states that Western Ghats are a source of capturing rainfall and water resources, a series of studies conducted by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has shown that rainfall in