The Levant region, comprising Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Iraq, as well as countries along the Central American “Dry Corridor,” including Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, suffer from frequent drought and heavy precipitation events. Drought induces stress on water resources and the agricultural community, which can serve as catalysts to conflict.
Weather, Risk, and Searching for Normal in a Rapidly Changing World
How will we adapt to climate change and increasingly severe storms if humans aren’t very good at interpreting risk?
Floods could have catastrophic impact on Australia’s east coast, study warns
Originally Published by The Guardian- Mega-storms exacerbated by climate change would spell disaster for populated coastal communities.
Research Cites Role of Warming in Extremes
Originally Published by NYT — In examining a dozen extreme weather events last year, scientists found evidence that human activity was a partial culprit in about half.
Wildfires projected to worsen with climate change
Originally Published by Environment Research Web — The Harvard team’s study suggests wildfire seasons by 2050 will be about three weeks longer, up to twice as smoky, and will burn a wider area in the western states. The findings are based on a set of internationally recognized climate scenarios, decades of historical meteorological data, and records of past fire activity.
Advancing Extreme Weather Monitoring from Space: From TRMM to GPM
The Global Precipitation Measurement Mission will offer a new generation of space-borne precipitation measurements, building on the success of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, launched in 1997. The advancements can help us understand the impacts and better predict the future behavior of extreme weather events like landslides, floods and cyclones.