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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Pollution tapers off rain
Air pollution causes a decrease in tropical rainfall. The US National Aeronautical and Space Admin istration (nasa) has dis covered an important link between air pollution and rainfall, reports
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Arctic meltdown
Global warming is threatening the Earth's thermostat. In the past two decades, average annual temperatures have climbed as much as 4
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Awaiting the deluge
The question on everyone s lips is when will the monsoon commence and how extensive will it be?
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Reduction of tropical cloudiness by soot
Measurements and models show that enhanced aerosol concentrations can augment cloud albedo not only by increasing total droplet cross-sectional area, but also by reducing precipitation and thereby increasing
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Summer squalls...
... a result of urbanisation?
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Changing weather
Changes in climatic trends may be part of a decade long pattern known as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation
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Fading beauty
Changing climate conditions in the Northeast are wiping out the fragile orchids. Will other species follow?
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It is wetter in the south
Australian scientists say ocean warming has increased rainfall over the Southern Ocean
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Long-period fluctuations in monsoon floods in the Deccan Peninsula, India
In the present study, the temporal patterns of monsoon floods on five large rivers of the Deccan Peninsula have been investigated. Analyses of the long-term annual maximum discharge/state data, available for the last 100 years or so, show non-random behaviour in terms of distinct periods of high and low floods.
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Water balance of Lake Nainital, Kumaun Himalayas
Existence of Lake Nainital has been a matter of debate in the last two decades, because it is the only source of drinking water to Nainital city, a famous tourist resort in northern India. In the tectonically