China’s coal burning frenzy in the last decade may be the reason behind stagnating global temperature rises between 1998 and 2008, a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests. While increasing carbon emissions, burning coal can have an overall cooling effect with the release ofRead More …
Severe drought in Uganda brings warning of famine
10 March, 2011 by (comments)Thousands of Ugandans face a humanitarian crisis as hot, dry weather seriously threatens water and food supplies in 30 per cent of the country’s territory, IRIN reports. Residents are being forced to walk long distances in search of water and crop yields are being hurt by the nine-month-long drought, causedRead More …
Filed Under: Africa, Regions
Understanding La Niña
27 January, 2011 by (comments)There’s a great article by IRIN today about La Niña, the cyclical weather system which has been blamed by many for extreme weather events around the world in the past few months. Apparently the current La Niña cycle is one of the strongest in the last century – but whatRead More …
Filed Under: Climate Change
Colombian coffee takes a hit
20 January, 2011 by (comments)Coffee farmers in Colombia are counting the cost of several consecutive seasons of unfavourable weather, which has affected crops across the country. As well as rains falling during flowering causing a drop in coffee yields, the increasing problems of coffee rust and infestations of the coffee pod borer have alsoRead More …
Filed Under: Latin America and the Caribbean, Multimedia, Regions
WMO – 2010 was the warmest year on record
20 January, 2011 by (comments)The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has concluded that 2010 was the warmest year on record since global temperature records began in 1850. It found that 2010 was 0.53 degrees Celsius warmer than the average for the commonly-used baseline period of 1961-1990. While 2010 was marginally warmer that the other twoRead More …
Filed Under: Climate Change
La Niña drought threatens millions of livestock – KENYA
7 January, 2011 by (comments)The La Niña weather system, which has brought torrential rains and devastating floods to Colombia in recent months, has left Kenyan livestock keepers in the north of the country facing severe drought. The United Nations news service IRIN reports today that up to 22 million livestock could die unless urgentRead More …
Filed Under: Africa, Regions
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