El Nino

The El Nino with a difference

Patterns of sea-surface warming and cooling in the tropical Pacific seem to be changing, as do the associated atmospheric effects. Increased global warming is implicated in these shifts in El Ni

Publication Date:

24/09/2009

Author(s): Karumuri Ashok, Toshio Yamagata

Source: Nature

Vol:

461

Issue:

7263

pp:

481

Tags:

South Pacific Ocean, Atmosphere, El Nino, Climate Change, Climate Science, Global Warming

Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

Buoy damage blurs El Nio forecasts

More than half a dozen oceanographic buoys are missing in action in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has dispatched a ship to fix the malfunctioning buoys, which are part of the 55-strong Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array that monitors the ocean and
atmosphere.

Publication Date:

24/09/2009

Author(s): Naomi Lubick

Source: Nature

Vol:

461

Issue:

7263

pp:

455

Tags:

Oceans and Seas, Atmosphere And Ozone Layer, El Nino, Weather Predictions, Climate Change, Climate Science, United States Of America (US)

Climate Change

El Nio in a changing climate

A distinctly different type of El Ni

Publication Date:

24/09/2009

Author(s): Sang-Wook Yeh, Jong-Seong Kug, Boris Dewitte & et al

Source: Nature

Vol:

461

Issue:

7263

pp:

511

Tags:

South Pacific Ocean, El Nino, Climate Change, Climate Science, Global Warming

Natural Disasters

Dust Storm Blankets Sydney As Drought Bites

A huge outback dust storm swept eastern Australia and blanketed Sydney on Wednesday, disrupting transport, forcing people indoors and stripping thousands of tonnes of valuable farmland topsoil.

The dust blacked out the outback town of Broken Hill on Tuesday, forcing a zinc mine to shut down, and swept 1,167 km (725 miles) east to shroud Sydney in a red glow on Wednesday.

Publication Date:

24/09/2009

Author(s): Michael Perry

Source: Planet Ark (Australia)

Tags:

Air Pollution, Agriculture, Lung Disease, El Nino, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Natural Disasters, Storms, Drought, Australia, Antarctica

Natural Disasters

Q+A: Is Australia's Dust Storm Linked To Climate Change?

A dust storm swept across eastern Australia and blanketed Sydney on Wednesday, disrupting transport, placing health authorities on alert for widespread respiratory illness and stripping thousands of tonnes of topsoil off Australia's main farmlands.

Following are answers to questions about the storm.

WHAT CAUSED THE DUST STORM?

Publication Date:

24/09/2009

Author(s): Michael Perry

Source: Planet Ark (Australia)

Tags:

Agriculture, Atmosphere, El Nino, Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Storms, Drought, Australia

Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

Could El Nino fuel a flu pandemic?

Vinson Kurian

Thiruvananthapuram, Sept. 15 Research conducted at Texas A&M University has sought to link the 1918 El Nino, among the strongest in history, and the flu pandemic that year.

The El Nino of 1918 coincided with one of the worst droughts in India, according to Prof Benjamin Giese, lead author of the research report.

Publication Date:

16/09/2009

Source: Business Line (New Delhi)

Tags:

Atmosphere Science, El Nino, Health, Drought, Influenza, Environmental Health, India

Climate Change

2,000-year-long temperature and hydrology reconstructions from the Indo-Pacific warm pool

Temperature reconstructions for the surface of the Northern Hemisphere are based largely on terrestrial records from extra-tropical or high-elevation sites, despite the fact that global average surface temperature changes closely follow those of the global tropics, which are 75 per cent ocean.

Publication Date:

27/08/2009

Author(s): Delia W. Oppo, Yair Rosenthal, Braddock K. Linsley

Source: Nature

Vol:

460

Issue:

7259

pp:

1113

Tags:

Oceans and Seas, El Nino, Monsoons, Climate Change, Climate Science, Global Warming, Hydrology, Indonesia, Rainfall

Air Pollution

Southeast Asia Braces For More Haze

Indonesia appeared to bat away offers from other Southeast Asian countries to help stop haze pollution on Wednesday, leaving the region facing worsening skies as a result of a brewing El Nino weather pattern.

Publication Date:

20/08/2009

Source: Planet Ark (Australia)

Tags:

Air Pollution, Forests, Agriculture, Forest Fires, El Nino, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Transport, Greenpeace, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

Poor monsoon due to El Nino winds from Pacific

Kaustubh Kulkarni / Pune August 19, 2009, 1:08 IST

When the World Metereological Organisation (WTO) warned our weather experts in June that a poor monsoon was coming , and also told them why, the latter wouldn

Publication Date:

19/08/2009

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Atmosphere Science, El Nino, Monsoons, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Rainfall

Climate Change

Atlantic hurricanes and climate over the past 1,500 years

Atlantic tropical cyclone activity, as measured by annual storm counts, reached anomalous levels over the past decade. The short nature of the historical record and potential issues with its reliability in earlier decades, however, has prompted an ongoing debate regarding the reality and significance of the recent rise.

Publication Date:

13/08/2009

Author(s): Michael E. Mann, Jonathan D. Woodruff, Jeffrey P. Donnelly & et al

Source: Nature

Vol:

460

Issue:

7257

pp:

880

Tags:

North Atlantic Ocean, El Nino, Climate Change, Climate Science, Cyclones, Hurricanes