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El Nio forecasters must not repeat mistakes of 1997
2014-05-07 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: IN JANUARY, climate researchers warned that extreme El Nio events are likely to become more common as the planet warms. It now seems that the world will have a chance to rehearse for the future as early as the end of this year. A major El Nio is massing in the Pacific Ocean and is likely to cause cyclones, tornadoes, droughts, floods and sea level changes across the world (see "World is unprepared for major El Nio later this year"). Many leading scientists say the approaching El Nio looks similar...
Here comes El Nio: Fears that a 'significant' weather event on way
2014-05-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Mail: A spike in Pacific Ocean sea temperatures and the rapid movement of warm water eastwards have increased fears that this year's El Nio could be one of the strongest yet. El Nio - a warming of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific - affects wind patterns and can trigger both floods and drought in different parts of the globe. Although previous research has suggested extreme El Nio events could occur later this year, experts claim this recent rise hints they are likely to be more significant...
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Philippines braces for El Nio later this year
2014-05-04 15:37:21| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gulf News: The Philippines is bracing for a long and dry spell after expects forecast that the El Nio weather phenomenon would make its presence felt across the country this year. In an interview aired by the government-run dzRB radio station, Presidential Communications secretary Herminio Coloma said the government was putting in place contingency plans to mitigate the results of the weather phenomenon. El Nio, which is Spanish for 'little boy`, is characterised by unusually warm ocean surface temperatures...
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El Nio likely to hit later this year, recent climate reports show
2014-04-10 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The chances have increased over the past month that the much-feared El Nio phenomenon, which has the potential to wreak havoc on global crops, would strike by summer in the Northern Hemisphere, the federal US weather forecaster said Thursday. In its monthly report, the Climate Prediction Center, an agency of the National Weather Service, pegged the likelihood at more than 50%. In March, it said there was about a 50% chance of the weather pattern that causes floods and droughts across the world...
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Why this year's El Nio could grow into a monster
2014-04-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Slate: The odds are increasing that an El Nio is in the works for 2014and recent forecasts show it might be a big one. As we learned from Chris Farley, El Nios can boost the odds of extreme weather (droughts, typhoons, heat waves) across much of the planet. But the most important thing about El Nio is that it is predictable, sometimes six months to a year in advance. Thats an incredibly powerful tool, especially if you are one of the billions who live where El Nio tends to hit hardestAsia and the...
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