Ozone and UV bulletin
The stratosphere ozone layer is slowly recovering and the recovery will be complete in most parts of the atmosphere in the coming decades, according to the latest bulletin by the World Meteorological Organization
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer
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Potentially deadly consequences of El Nino for northern Australia
Persistent drought in northern Australia is having potentially deadly consequences as snakes seek refuge in urban areas during their quest for water. Paramedics in Queensland are treating more than
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Peru prepares for El Nino
"After the rain, there was a silence followed by terrible thunder and lightning," says 63-year-old resident Cristina Inga. Her house was destroyed first by flooding, and then tonnes of rocks tumbled down
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Namibia: Strong El Niño Presence Does Not Bode Well for Namibian Farmers
All areas of Namibia have only a 25 percent chance of experiencing a wetter than normal rainy season, a 40 percent likelihood of a normal rainy season, and a 35 percent chance of below-normal amounts of
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Indonesia failed to predict severity of El Nino weather: minister
Indonesia's weather agency failed to predict that the effects of the El Nino weather phenomenon this year would be worse than in 1997, a senior minister said on Wednesday, as the government considers declaring
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Australian state scorches through hottest October on record, as El Nino bites
The Australian state of Victoria is on track for its hottest and third driest October on record, as the effects of a severe El Nino weather pattern take hold. Bureau of Meteorologist climatologist Jonathan
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Kenya: Nakuru Forms Team for El Niño
Nakuru county has formed a team to deal with the expected El Niño rains. County secretary Joseph Mutari yesterday said the task force co-chaired by Roads executive Joel Maina and his Water counterpart
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Ozone Depletion May be Caused By Common Chemical Coolants
It turns out that common chemical coolants actually lead to ozone depletion. The coolants, known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), contribute by a small amount, which counters a decades-old assumption about
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El Niño is back and in a big way
Strongest El Niño in decades, will have wide-ranging effects It has choked Singapore with smoke, triggered Pacific typhoons and left Vietnamese coffee growers staring nervously at dwindling reservoirs.
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Black carbon mitigation and the role of the Global Environment Facility
Black carbon causes millions of deaths every year and contributes to the warming of the planet. In the atmosphere it appears as air pollution, with emissions arising mainly from the combustion of diesel
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Aerosol effect on the mobility of cloud droplets
<p>Cloud droplet mobility is referred to here as a measure of the droplets' ability to move with ambient air. We claim that an important part of the aerosol effect on convective clouds is driven by