Ozone and UV bulletin
The stratosphere ozone layer is slowly recovering and the recovery will be complete in most parts of the atmosphere in the coming decades, according to the latest bulletin by the World Meteorological Organization
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer
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Study allays monsoon alarm
India's monsoon is in no danger of catastrophic collapse in response to global warming and air pollution, two atmospheric scientists said today, refuting earlier predictions that the monsoon could shut
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Southern Africa: Driest Rainy Season in 35 Years in SADC
The latest report compiled by the SADC Regional Early Warning System (REWS) indicates that in many parts of the SADC region - Namibia included - the October to December 2015 period has been the driest
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Airport, highways closed as China sees worst cold in decades
HIGHWAYS have been closed and airport traffic was disrupted as the worst cold front in years hit several Chinese provinces. Starting from 8 a.m. on Friday, highways in at least 12 provinces and municipalities
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2015 was the Earth's hottest year on record: US scientists
Last year wasn't just the Earth's hottest year on record _ it left a century of high temperature marks in the dust. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and Nasa announced on Wednesday that
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Last year was hottest on record globally- U.S. science agencies
Last year’s global average temperature was the hottest ever by the widest margin on record, two U.S. government agencies said on Wednesday, adding to pressure for deep greenhouse gas emissions cuts scientists
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Beat the heat: western Sydney tackles the urban heat island effect
This week, the acting Cities Minister announced a federal government pledge to increase tree coverage in Australian cities each decade to 2050, an effort to "green" and "cool" the city. Amid the decade-by-decade
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Australia says El Nino likely to end in second quarter of 2016
A strong El Nino weather pattern will likely end in the second quarter of 2016, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said on Tuesday. Climate indicators remain in the El Nino threshold but have cooled
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Biogenic cloud nuclei in the Amazon
<p>The Amazon basin is a vast continental area in which atmospheric composition is relatively unaffected by anthropogenic aerosol particles. Understanding the properties of the natural biogenic aerosol
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El Niño takes its toll on palay, corn production in Davao region
Davao City – The prolonged El Niño phenomenon, which experts said will extend until May or even up to June this year, has already taken its toll on the palay and corn production in Davao region, the Regional
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Analysis of particulate emissions from tropical biomass burning using a global aerosol model and long-term surface observations
<p>We use the GLOMAP global aerosol model evaluated against observations of surface particulate matter (PM2.5) and aerosol optical depth (AOD) to better understand the impacts of biomass burning on tropical