El Niño southern oscillation
‘You’ve got the grass; you put a cow in it, and Bob’s your uncle’: the ranchers trying to halt the devastation caused by Bolivia’s cattle farms
This year, wildfires driven by ranching burned an area of Bolivian forest larger than Portugal – yet beef is booming. Two sets of pioneers aim to make the industry more sustainable
26, Nov, 2024 @12:00 PM
‘I have lost everything’: southern Africa battles hunger amid historic drought
Crops have failed in several countries, with 27m people at risk of hunger according to World Food Programme
Chiwoyu Sinyangwe in Shakumbila and Rachel Savage
14, Nov, 2024 @5:00 AM
‘We used to sail and fish and play’: how did an Argentinian lake the size of New York City disappear?
Drought and mismanagement have turned Lake Colhué Huapí into a virtual dustbowl. Now the race is on to save its sister lake from the same fate
Victoria Traxler in Sarmiento, Argentina
26, Sep, 2024 @10:00 AM
Global heating is making El Niño and La Niña forecasts less reliable, BoM says
Exclusive: Meteorologists say climate change and the amount of heat being added to the oceans make predictions based on the past less reliable
Graham Readfearn
18, Sep, 2024 @3:00 PM
‘Nobody ever saw anything like this before’: how methane emissions are pushing the Amazon towards environmental catastrophe
As the world heats up, methane released from thawing permafrost and warming tropical wetlands is intensifying climate breakdown. But curbing it is achievable
Rob Jackson
17, Aug, 2024 @3:00 PM
The Guardian view on the climate crisis and heatwaves: a killer we need to combat | Editorial
Editorial: Britain may be chilly, but from Greece to India, people are dying due to record temperatures. The death toll will grow without urgent action
Editorial
16, Jun, 2024 @5:30 PM
How Shetland data is helping to gauge El Niño’s effect on thunderstorms
Historical records may prove link between climate fluctuation in Pacific and atmospheric electric field over 5,000 miles away
Kate Ravilious
06, Jun, 2024 @5:00 AM
Humanity’s survival is still within our grasp – just. But only if we take these radical steps | David King
Reduce emissions, build resilience, repair ecosystems, remove greenhouse gases: these are the four Rs that can save us, says David King, chair of the global Climate Crisis Advisory Group
David King
27, May, 2024 @10:32 AM
‘Above normal’ hurricane season could bring summer of natural disasters to US
Factors including ‘near-record warm ocean temperatures in Atlantic’ lead to stark prediction from Noaa for June to November
Erum Salam
23, May, 2024 @7:00 PM
Australia put on La Niña watch by Bureau of Meteorology as Pacific sea surface temperatures cool
Weather bureau says there is now a 50/50 chance of La Niña forming this year
Graham Readfearn
14, May, 2024 @7:12 AM
Global heating and urbanisation to blame for severity of UAE floods, study finds
World Weather Attribution group says intensified El Niño effects caused torrential rain, but rules out cloud seeding as cause
Jonathan Watts
25, Apr, 2024 @3:02 PM
The El Niño has ended. Will Australia get a La Niña next – and what weather could that bring?
Our climate is influenced not just by Pacific weather patterns but by the Indian and Southern oceans, as well as global heating trends
Peter Hannam
21, Apr, 2024 @12:00 AM
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