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Peru

Africa

Going hungry

Just no end to destruction

Large-scale herbivore outbreaks follow every El Nio drought

Shrouded in uncertainty

2023 hurricane forecast: Get ready for a busy Pacific storm season, quieter Atlantic than recent years thanks to El Niño

Tropical storms and hurricanes have caused over a trillion dollars in damage in the US since 1981

Scientists sound the alarm over drought in East Africa: What must happen next

The next five years will very likely bring a strong El Niño causing more drought disasters

Heat is on: 2019 on track to become hottest year ever

El Nino, or the unusual warming of the equatorial Pacific Ocean, will further add to the already warming temperatures

After Great Barrier Reef, bleaching kills 70 per cent of Japan’s coral reef

Coral in the Sekisei lagoon in Okinawa has turned dark brown and is covered with algae, according to a government study

Novel use of satellite data is helping Africa cope with natural disasters

Scientists have been able to identify rainfall declines and specify precisely how bad a bad season is

Several African countries in need of food assistance

Drought associated with El Nino has affected agriculture prospects in Southern Africa

Drought-ravaged Ethiopia

El Niño has caused massive crop failure, reduced livestock and pushed millions of people in Ethiopia into food insecurity

India is experiencing a warmer winter

Persistent above normal temperatures have been recorded in many regions of the country

Year of the girl child

El Nino's little sister La Nina is all set to bring rain in abundance to Australia, Indonesia and some other parts of Asia

Unmasking the heat

The weather machine seems to have gone into overdrive. Scientists assert that the rise in temperature is unprecedented, at least since the 15th …

El Nino impact on food security: $160 million needed urgently to support 4.8 million people at risk, says FAO

Releases anticipatory action plan after WMO forecasts El Nino to stay till April 2024

El Niño effect: Even in drought-tolerant forests, seedlings more likely to die

Scientists study effects of drought, find mortality higher in evergreen forests than deciduous ones

2023 warmest on record, temperatures 1.48°C above preindustrial level

Current El Nino event may rank in the top five on record; expected to end by April-June  

Horn of Africa facing deadly floods due to El Nino-linked ‘above average’ rains

Heavy rainfall predicted to keep affecting the region for the next three months with varying intensity

Comparatively drier June causing problems for farmers

Latest sowing data reveals less sowing than in 2022

Climate change in India: Sinking chain of atolls in Lakshadweep

Coastal erosion and El Nio are slowly eating up India's most vulnerable archipelago

Venezuela imposes 2-day working week for government employees

The reduced workweek will extend throughout May

Uneasy lies the coral

Unprecedented depletion of corals threatens marine ecosystems in the tropics

Kenya