Nigeria annual flood outlook 2024
The 2024 Flood Outlook report offers a comprehensive assessment of flood risk across the country, highlighting critical areas of concern and strategic recommendations for mitigation and preparedness. Through
Rainfall Pattern
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Emerging trends in global freshwater availability
<p>Freshwater availability is changing worldwide. Here we quantify 34 trends in terrestrial water storage observed by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites during 2002–2016
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Quantitative attribution of climate effects on Hurricane Harvey's extreme rainfall in Texas
<p>Hurricane Harvey made landfall in August 2017 as the first land-falling category 4 hurricane to hit the state of Texas since Hurricane Carla in September 1961. While its intensity at landfall was notable,
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Forest response to rising CO2 drives zonally asymmetric rainfall change over tropical land
Understanding how anthropogenic CO2 emissions will influence future precipitation is critical for sustainably managing ecosystems, particularly for drought-sensitive tropical forests. Although tropical
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Projected changes in precipitation, temperature, and drought across California’s hydrologic regions in the 21st century
<p>This study investigated potential changes in future precipitation, temperature, and drought across 10 hydrologic regions in California. The latest climate model projections on these variables through
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Stabilised frequency of extreme positive Indian Ocean Dipole under 1.5 °C warming
<p>Extreme positive Indian Ocean Dipole (pIOD) affects weather, agriculture, ecosystems, and public health worldwide, particularly when exacerbated by an extreme El Niño. The Paris Agreement aims
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Long‐term climate simulations using the IITM Earth System Model (IITM‐ESMv2) with focus on the South Asian monsoon
<p>This study details the capabilities of the IITM Earth System Model version 2 (IITM‐ESMv2), developed at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India, for investigating long‐term climate
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Early indications point to normal monsoon this year
NEW DELHI: In what could be welcome news amid reports of farm distress in several states, there are indications that India could see a normal monsoon even as national weather forecaster IMD is still over
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Projection of climate change scenarios in the Kabul River Basin, Afghanistan
<p>This study was conducted to examine the changes in future temperature and precipitation of the Kabul River Basin in Afghanistan by using the outputs of three general circulation models (GCMs) under
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Increase in extreme precipitation events under anthropogenic warming in India
<p>India has witnessed some of the most devastating extreme precipitation events, which have affected urban transportation, agriculture, and infrastructure. Despite the profound implications and damage
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Groundwater depletion in the West Liaohe River Basin, China and its implications revealed by GRACE and in situ measurements
<p>The West Liaohe River Basin (WLRB) is one of the most sensitive areas to climate change in China and an important grain production base in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. Groundwater