Nuclear techniques helping Namibian farmers

2023-09-05T18:15+0200newera (en)

Namibia is one of the driest countries in Africa. It is home to the world’s oldest desert, the Namib, as well as the Kalahari Desert, whose name derives from the Tswana word for ‘great thirst’. Approximately 92% of the country is defined as very arid, arid or semi-arid, and its rainfalls are rare and erratic.

Climate monitoring upgrades urgently needed in Africa

2023-08-28T14:47+0200alphagalileo (en)

[NAIROBI] Damage and deaths caused by climate-related disasters across Africa will balloon if the continent’s so-called “hydromet” infrastructure for monitoring weather and water and is not urgently upgraded, scientists warn. Hydrological and meteorological, or hydromet, hazards—including weather,....

Climate, Vol. 11, Pages 147: The Drought Regime in Southern Africa: A Systematic Review

2023-07-13T15:12+0200mdpi (en)

Drought is one natural disaster with the greatest impact worldwide. Southern Africa (SA) is susceptible and vulnerable to drought due to its type of climate. In the last four decades, droughts have occurred more frequently, with increasing intensity and impacts on ecosystems, agriculture, and health.

GMES & Africa Strengthens Synergy with PolicyMakers to Address Climate Change Effects through EO Technologies

2023-06-08T12:48+0200africanews (en)

The Southern African Science Service Centre for Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) co-hosted this year’s GMES and Africa Southern African Regional Workshop that was held from 5 – 7 June 2023 in Luanda, Angola.

Waterworld, i sommersi della Terra

2023-05-28T09:51+0200vasroma (it)

Alluvione: « Allagamento temporaneo di aree che abitualmente non sono coperte d’acqua. L’inondazione di tali aree può essere provocata da fiumi, torrenti, canali, laghi e, per le zone costiere, dal mare » (Ispra). Una definizione che contiene cause e concause – i cambiamenti climatici che....

Waterworld, i sommersi della Terra

2023-05-25T12:13+0200ilmanifesto (it)

Alluvione: «Allagamento temporaneo di aree che abitualmente non sono coperte d’acqua. L’inondazione di tali aree può essere provocata da fiumi, torrenti, canali, laghi e, per le zone costiere, dal mare» (Ispra). Una definizione che contiene cause e concause – i cambiamenti climatici che....

Climate Change Powered the Mediterranean’s Unusual Heat Wave

2023-05-05T15:04+0200nytimes (en)

The News. The early-season heat wave that broiled parts of Algeria, Morocco, Portugal and Spain last week almost certainly would not have occurred without human-induced climate change, an international team of scientists said in A mass of hot, dry air from the Sahara parked itself above the western....

Standard » Counties can end flood cycle that haunts us yearly

2023-04-26T23:33+0200kenyamoja (en)

A resident of Sunlight Mwandoni in Mombasa County wade through flooded pathways to access their flooded houses. [Robert Menza, Standard] Heavy rains are wreaking havoc in Kenya, only months after the devastation caused by drought. Early this year, drought in East Africa was rated the worst in over four decades.

Now Europeans Learn What Climate Extremes Are All About — Global Issues

2023-04-26T04:34+0200todayheadline (en)

Put simply, the reported climate extremes in Europe are not the consequence of the Ukraine war, and they were already there many years earlier to when it started in February 2022. Anyway, European citizens now hear the devastating impacts of climate extremes in their own rich continent, which is one....

Now Europeans Learn What Climate Extremes Are All About

2023-04-25T23:49+0200ipsinternational-sw (en)

, the Earth observation component of the European Union’s Space programme which “looks at our planet and its environment to benefit all European citizens and offers information services.” The most expensive hazards during the period 1980-2021 include the 2021 flooding in Germany and Belgium (almost....

Permalink to Now Europeans Learn What Climate Extremes Are All About

2023-04-25T17:27+0200ipsnews (en)

, the Earth observation component of the European Union’s Space programme which “looks at our planet and its environment to benefit all European citizens and offers information services.” The most expensive hazards during the period 1980-2021 include the 2021 flooding in Germany and Belgium (almost....

Cómo los Países Bajos están evitando las inundaciones de los ríos

2023-04-23T08:25+0200esdelatino-com (es)

Holanda, acostumbrada al clima húmedo, estaba a mitad de camino de lo que se convertiría en uno de los julio más húmedos registrados, y Patrick van der Broeck se estaba poniendo nervioso. Alemania y Bélgica estaban experimentando inundaciones históricas que acabarían con la vida de 220 personas, y....

Eté 1788 : un orage ravage le grenier à blé de Paris

2023-04-03T11:35+0200jhm (fr)

Le 13 juillet 1788, un an et un jour avant le début de la Grande Révolution française, un refroidissement sur le proche Atlantique engendre une dépression centrée sur l’île d’Oléron. Une cellule orageuse associée remonte vers le nord-est en dévastant tout sur son passage, de la Touraine à la Belgique (alors Pays-Bas autrichiens).

Climate and mobility case study January 2023: Cunene Province, Angola: Cahama

2023-02-08T14:38+0100reliefWeb (en)

Key findings. • Long-term drought in the region has led to forced displacement. Cahama hosts a camp for people in need of food assistance. • The drought affects access to water, health, and livelihoods. • Migration from Cahama is relatively common, and the drought contributes to the decision to migrate.

La siccità lontana da noi

2023-01-16T10:13+0100tarantobuonasera (it)

Abbiamo parlato delle gravi conseguenze della siccità in Italia. Ora, non certo per consolarci, ma per aumentare la nostra consapevolezza, esaminiamo la situazione in Africa. Il sud dell’Angola è flagellato dalla siccità: fiumi scomparsi, terreni spaccati dall’arsura, raccolti e pascoli bruciati dal caldo prolungato.