Atmospheric sciences

A unified approach to climate change and hunger

10 June, 2013 - 05:00
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IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97913/A-unified-approach-to-climate-change-and-hu...
JOHANNESBURG 24 April 2013 (IRIN) - Studies out of Ethiopia, India, Kenya and Niger show that children born during natural hazards, like droughts or floods, are more likely to be malnourished. Yet as the climate changes, it is poor countries - already struggling with hunger and food insecurity - that are increasingly likely to face these natural hazards.

Drought response requires getting development right

10 June, 2013 - 05:00
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IRIN - water and Sanitation
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http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97647/Drought-response-requires-getting-developme...
GENEVA 14 March 2013 (IRIN) - It takes more than weathermen and agriculture experts to design an effective drought response policy.

From drought policy to reality

10 June, 2013 - 05:00
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
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http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97673/From-drought-policy-to-reality
GENEVA 18 March 2013 (IRIN) - There is quite a leap to be made between a country’s declared intent to draw up a drought policy and actually making it happen on the ground. This was the view of several participants at the recent High-Level Meeting on National Drought Policy in Geneva.

Colored Rains Often Begin with Dust

6 June, 2013 - 06:02
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81276&src=eorss-iotd

NASA<Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - Saharan storms can send plumes of dust drifting north toward Europe.

Tornado and Severe Thunderstorms Strike Oklahoma

22 May, 2013 - 06:02
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81197&src=eorss-iotd

NASA<Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - A supercell thunderstorm system spawned a destructive tornado near Oklahoma City on May 20, 2013.

Getting food aid right

10 May, 2013 - 03:00
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97576/Getting-food-aid-right
JOHANNESBURG 01 March 2013 (IRIN) - Despite early warning information about the Horn of Africa’s impending drought crisis in 2011, humanitarian responses were slow to mobilize, leading to tens of thousands of deaths in the region and famine in parts of Somalia.

Drought in New Zealand

26 April, 2013 - 06:01
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80990&src=eorss-iotd

Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory<

– Lush green landscapes in New Zealand’s North Island took on a browner hue in summer 2013, as the area contended with one of the worst droughts in decades.

Climate change influence on typhoons uncertain

24 April, 2013 - 11:30
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97466/Climate-change-influence-on-typhoons-uncert...
JOHANNESBURG 13 February 2013 (IRIN) - When Typhoon Bopha, one of the strongest storms to hit the western Pacific in recent memory, slammed into the Philippine island of Mindanao last year, there was much speculation in the media about the growing influence of climate change.

Scientists look to ancient past to better predict how species may respond climate change

17 April, 2013 - 06:01
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/uomc-slt041513.php

Originally Published by EurekAlert!<

– Researchers have received an award from the National Science Foundation to study how plants and animals responded to changes in climate during the ice age to better predict what we can expect in the near future.

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