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El Nino

2016: the year climate change came home

2016: the year climate change came home

During the hottest year on record, Karl Mathiesen travelled to Tasmania and found his home irreparably changed

High and dry: South African drought leaves Lesotho parched

High and dry: South African drought leaves Lesotho parched

Water-rich Lesotho has long lubricated South Africa’s burgeoning population, but when drought struck in 2016, it was the residents of Katse village who suffered

Rampant El Nino offers glimpse of future climate risks

Rampant El Nino offers glimpse of future climate risks

ANALYSIS: Weather phenomenon exposes how unprepared world is for economic, security and humanitarian impacts of global warming

Climate calls in 2016: 9 predictions for the new year

Climate calls in 2016: 9 predictions for the new year

BLOG: El Nino ‘on steroids’ will cause drought, flooding; clean energy investments will soar; polluters will face court; Arsenal will win the Premier League

Oxfam: 'Unprecedented' humanitarian crisis unfolding in Africa

Oxfam: ‘Unprecedented’ humanitarian crisis unfolding in Africa

NEWS: Aid agency says increased funding essential to provide drought victims with food, water as impacts linked to El Nino and climate change start to bite

Brewing El Nino among strongest on record - WMO

Brewing El Nino among strongest on record – WMO

NEWS: Abnormally warm Pacific waters are playing havoc with global weather and could surpass 1997-98 record, says UN agency

Warming seas devastate coral reefs in global bleaching event

Warming seas devastate coral reefs in global bleaching event

NEWS: Climate change and El Nino are wreaking ecological destruction across the world’s oceans, marine scientists confirm

How El Nino is delaying your flight and upping emissions

How El Nino is delaying your flight and upping emissions

NEWS: Flying west? A warmer Pacific is speeding up air currents, burning $3bn a year in extra fuel and CO2, study finds

May 2015 was the hottest on record, say US govt scientists

May 2015 was the hottest on record, say US govt scientists

NEWS: Record temperatures and impending El Nino set year on course to be warmest since 1880

El Nino likely to ensure 2015 breaks warming records

El Nino likely to ensure 2015 breaks warming records

ANALYSIS: Rising temperatures linked to phenomenon could add weight to calls for tough new climate deal in Paris this year

WMO: 80% chance of El Niño by December 2014

WMO: 80% chance of El Niño by December 2014

NEWS: UN’s World Meteorological Association now more certain that El Niño will hit by end of year

Arctic ice to shrink 18% below average in 2014

Arctic ice to shrink 18% below average in 2014

NEWS: Scientists forecast that sea ice will continue downward spiral, while El Nino means 2014 could be hottest year ever

El Niño means 2014 could be hottest year ever

El Niño means 2014 could be hottest year ever

NEWS: Weather phenomenon plus global warming is recipe for the hottest year on record, says climate scientist

Scientists say can predict crop impacts of El Nino, La Nina

Scientists say can predict crop impacts of El Nino, La Nina

NEWS: Farmers may need to plan for variable crop outputs, as potential severity of climate phenomenon intensifies

WMO: El Nino could cause 'dramatic rise' in temperatures

WMO: El Nino could cause ‘dramatic rise’ in temperatures

NEWS: Combination of climate change and El Niño could lead to spike in global warming, says Michel Jarraud

Scientists warn of El Nino 'devastation' if global temperatures rise

Scientists warn of El Nino ‘devastation’ if global temperatures rise

Frequency of most severe El Nino cycle could double, posing severe test for USA, Indonesia and Australia

Global warming 'could double' El Nino extreme weather events

Global warming ‘could double’ El Nino extreme weather events

Monday’s top five: El Nino could double, Australia coal stocks in crisis, Western world accused of ‘outsourcing’ carbon pollution

Amazon destruction could cut US rainfall by 50%

Amazon destruction could cut US rainfall by 50%

Over 1.4 billion acres of dense forest make up the Amazon basin producing one quarter of the world’s oxygen supply

Global warming likely to exacerbate El Nino effects - study

Global warming likely to exacerbate El Nino effects – study

Morning summary: Australia to face more extreme weather say researchers; Newspapers in Australia cast doubts on climate change; Illegal gold mining in Peru increased Amazon deforestation by 400%

Indigenous Australians could suffer most from climate change

Indigenous Australians could suffer most from climate change

Morning summary: Heatwave-related deaths in Sydney to triply; El Nino will be more intense, Australian government forced to pay millions if carbon tax is scrapped

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