Climate Change

Tanzania: Climate Change Takes Its Toll On Communities

CLIMATE change is now taking its toll on all communities across the world and Africa is on record to be the most affected continent while it lacks the capacity and ability to recover from the devas

Publication Date: 
08/01/2015
All Africa
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Tanzania, Droughts, Food Security, Poverty, Agriculture, Livestock, Africa
Climate Change

Evidence for a wavier jet stream in response to rapid Arctic warming

New metrics and evidence are presented that support a linkage between rapid Arctic warming, relative to Northern hemisphere mid-latitudes, and more frequent high-amplitude (wavy) jet-stream configurations that favor persistent weather patterns. We find robust relationships among seasonal and regional patterns of weaker poleward thickness gradients, weaker zonal upper-level winds, and a more meridional flow direction.

Publication Date: 
06/01/2015
Jennifer A Francis, Stephen J Vavrus
Environmental Research Letters
1-12
Tags:
Arctic, Global Warming, Climate Change, Climate Science, Extreme Weather Events, Storms, Heat Waves, Droughts, Green House Gases
Water Supply

Food and drink firms 'must improve efficiency' to protect dwindling water supply

The food and drink industry must curtail the amount of water used in production to avoid two thirds of the world's population living in 'water-scarce' areas by 2050.

Publication Date: 
06/01/2015
Edie (UK)
Tags:
Water Supply, Water Demand, Drinking Water Scarcity, Rainfall, Droughts, Industry, Agriculture
Natural Disasters

5,000 villages in Maharashtra to be made drought-free every year

The state government has rolled out 'Scarcity-free Maharashtra, 2019', a programme under which 5,000 villages will be made drought-free every year by implementing water conservation projects at the

Publication Date: 
29/12/2014
Times Of India (Pune)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Droughts, Water Conservation, Water Resources, Natural Disasters
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

A conceptual model for assessing rainfall and vegetation trends in sub-Saharan Africa from satellite data

Policymakers, governments and aid agencies require operational environmental monitoring in support of evidence-based policy-making and resource deployment in crisis situations. For Africa, this is only feasible at sub-continental scale with a large network of automated meteorological stations, a large number of highly coordinated field observers or with satellite remote sensing. The challenge with satellite data lies in the derivation of meaningful environmental indicators.

Publication Date: 
16/12/2014
A. Hoscilo, H. Balzter, E. Bartholomé & et al
International Journal of Climatology
1-11
Tags:
Rainfall Pattern, Africa, Remote Sensing, Land Use, Floods, Droughts, Agriculture, Food Security, Climate Change
Climate Change

WMO provisional statement on the Status of the Global Climate in 2014

The year 2014 is on track to be one of the hottest, if not the hottest, on record, according to preliminary estimates by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). This is largely due to record high global sea surface temperatures, which will very likely remain above normal until the end of the year.

Publication Date: 
03/12/2014
World Meteorological Organization
Tags:
Climate, Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Sea Level Rise, Floods, Droughts, El Nina, Heat Waves, Cyclones, Green House Gases, Ozone Layer, India, Global
Climate Change

Extreme weather events

There has been evidence since 1950 of changes in climate extremes. Observed changes in climate extremes reflect the influence of anthropogenic climate change in addition to natural climate variability, with changes in exposure and vulnerability influenced by both climatic and nonclimatic factors.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2014
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Tags:
Extreme Weather Events, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Natural Disasters, Heat Waves, Floods, Sea Level Rise, Droughts, Cyclones, IPCC, Rainfall Pattern, Monsoons, South Asia, Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Pakistan, El Nino
Climate Change

Resilience to extreme weather

This document investigates how we can reduce the impact of extreme weather today while preparing ourselves for future changes, and what we can do to build our resilience.

Publication Date: 
27/11/2014
The Royal Society
Tags:
Extreme Weather Events, Climate Change, Natural Disasters, India, Global, Heat Waves, Floods, Droughts, Climate Adaptation, Climate Impacts
Climate Change

Ageing population will compound deadly effects of heatwaves caused by climate change

A combination of global warming and population growth means more people will be exposed to extreme weather systems, with an ageing population particularly at risk from heatwaves, says Royal Society

Publication Date: 
27/11/2014
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Impacts, Health Effects, Extreme Weather Events, Heat Waves, Droughts, United States Of America (US), India, China, Africa
Agriculture

Research on drought resistant, coloured roses underway

Research is underway to bring out new varieties of roses, including coloured and drought resistant varieties, a top official of World Federation of Rose Societies (WFRS) said here today.

Publication Date: 
27/11/2014
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Agriculture, Floriculture, Droughts, Climate Impacts, California

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