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Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

UN warns world to prepare for El Nino impact

El Nino is a naturally occurring climate pattern typically associated with increased heat worldwide, as well as drought in some parts of the world and heavy rains elsewhere.

Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

Temperatures seen surging as El Nino weather pattern returns

El Nino, a warming of water surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean, is linked to extreme weather conditions from tropical cyclones to heavy rainfall to severe droughts.

Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

El Nino climate pattern is now underway

After three years of the La Nina climate pattern, which often lowers global temperatures slightly, the hotter El Nino is back in action, according to an advisory issued on Thursday by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center.

Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

Australia puts chance of El Nino in 2023 at 70 percent

The Bureau of Meteorology said its climate models and indicators have now met the criteria to raise the level to "alert" from "watch" for the possibility an El Nino event.

Environment 2 years ago

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Tunisia drought threatens 'catastrophic' grain harvest

A severe drought in North Africa has left Tunisian farmers bracing for a catastrophically poor harvest.

Environment 3 years ago

One third of Amazon 'degraded' by human activity, drought: study

For the study, they examined the impact of fire, logging, drought and changes to habitat along the forest borders -- what they called edge effects.

Environment 3 years ago

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Dam plans threatens China's migratory bird haven

But environmentalists warn damming Poyang Lake, a winter stopover for over half a million birds, would threaten the fragile ecosystem and the endangered birds and other wildlife it supports.