BACKGROUND: Natural disasters have profound effects on health and require medical intervention as part of relief operations. The world's populations are becoming increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather events, which are responsible for most natural disasters. The El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) ...
People the world over are feeling, or soon will feel, the effects of the strongest El Niño event since 1997-98, currently unfolding in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. New satellite observations are beginning to show scientists its impact on the distribution of rain, tropospheric ozone and...
Natural climate variability such as the El Nino phenomenon — the unusual warming of water surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean — has also played a role in rising temperatures. "During the decaying phase of an El Nino event, typically the following year, global average temperatures tend to...
According to a paper in 2011 by Mr Hsiang and co-authors, civil conflict is related to El Nino’s harmful effects—and the poorer the country, the stronger the link. Though the relationship may not be causal, helping divided communities to prepare for disasters would at least reduce the ris...
While the effects of El Niño are global and widespread, it is hitting Asian countries the hardest. Last week, Typhoon Etau in Japan produced winds of up to 125km/h (78mph) forcing more than 90,000+ people to evacuate their homes after Kinugawa River burst its banks causing heavy flood...
El Nino events are characterized by an unusual warming of the central to eastern equatorial Pacific, which can last up to one year, according to the university. Its remote "ripple effects" can not only be found in the atmosphere, but also in ocean currents, ecosystems, the occurrence of nat...
The El-Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), one of the most well-known climate modes, can lead to large-scale climate variability and subsequent crop loss, posing a severe risk to global food security. OBJECTIVE The study's main goal was to examine the synchronous impacts of ENSO and the pr...
The adverse effects extend to other African countries heavily reliant on the Suez Canal for foreign trade, such as Djibouti, Kenya, Tanzania, and Sudan. Hoffmann underscores the importance of continued monitoring of the evolving consequences of these three crises, which are fundamentally reshaping the...
of the book together is that of the effects of global industrial change. (Dicken, 1986: i) Introduction Peter Dicken, Emeritus Professor at the School of Environment and Development, the University of Manchester, has been one of the major ‘movers and shakers’ in debates in ...
The El Niño–Southern Oscillation is a naturally occurring fluctuation that originates in the tropical Pacific region and affects the lives of millions of people worldwide. An overview of relevant research suggests that progress in our understanding o