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El Nio to disrupt rains, cut Africa, E Asia harvests, scientists say
2015-06-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Farmers in Africa and East Asia are expected to suffer crop losses as extreme weather linked to the El Nino phenomenon alters rainfall patterns, scientists told a conference on climate change in Bonn on Wednesday. The rainy season has been delayed in several African nations, and it is difficult to predict exactly how large the crop losses will be, said Sonja Vermeulen, a University of Copenhagen scientist. "Peanut farmers in Gambia, for example, have already been hit this year," Vermeulen told...
El Nio could bring drought and famine in west Africa, scientists warn
2015-05-21 16:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A global weather phenomenon could cause a famine in the Sahel this year by combining with already dry conditions to create a double whammy for the region, scientists and aid groups have warned. Professor Adam Scaife, a long term forecaster at the UK Met Office Hadley Centre, said models now agreed an El Nio event was likely and the first impacts may be felt as early as June. El Nio is caused by a reversal of trade winds in the Pacific that allow warm water to spread east, across the ocean....
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Warm seas keep planet on course for a hot 2015 as El Nio builds
2015-05-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: The world remains on course for another record hot year with the first four months of 2015 setting a new high for temperatures amid more signals the emerging El Nino event will be a strong one. Combined land and sea surface temperatures in April alone were 0.74 degrees above the 20th century average, making it the fourth warmest on record, according the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Sea-surface temperatures last month were the warmest in records going back to 1880, surpassing...
El Nio could 'disrupt food markets'
2015-05-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Global food markets could be disrupted by the El Nino event predicted for later this year. A strong El Nino is likely to increase prices of staple foods such as rice, coffee, sugar and cocoa, say scientists. Forecasters agree that the El Nino effect, which can drive droughts and flooding, is under way in the tropical Pacific. But they say it is too early to say how severe it will be. Reduced rainfall could be felt in India and West Africa as early as June, say scientists. "Most El...
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El Nio 2015 Forecast to Raise Global Temperatures
2015-05-19 10:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Weather forecasting centers around the world have now declared that an El Nio, the most powerful fluctuation in Earths climate system, has begun in the tropical Pacific. El Nio is a warming of the Pacific Ocean as part of a complex cycle linking atmosphere and ocean. An El Nio can raise global temperatures, says the UKs Met Office. A El Nio event brings a higher risk of more, and more severe, tropical cyclones. Impacts on the biosphere are expected, such as coral bleaching and widespread...
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