NASA examines El Niño's impact on Ocean’s food source

Apr 05, 2016, at 02:56 pm

California, Apr 5 (IBNS) El Niño years can have a big impact on the littlest plants in the ocean, and NASA scientists are studying the relationship between the two.

El Nino passed peak, but UN weather agency warns 'not to lower guard' as impacts continue

Feb 19, 2016, at 03:00 pm

New York, Feb 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The 2015-2016 El Nino, one of the strongest on record, has passed its peak, but its humanitarian and economic impacts will continue for many months to come, the United Nations weather agency has announced, adding that lessons learned from this climate phenomenon would help build global resilience to weather related hazards.

El Nino set to have a devastating impact on southern Africa's harvests and food security

Feb 13, 2016, at 02:58 pm

New York, Feb 13 (Just Earth News/IBNS)Over the coming year, humanitarian partners should prepare for food insecurity levels and food insecure population numbers in southern Africa to be at their highest levels since the 2002-2003 food crisis, the United Nations agriculture agency warned today, citing an 'intense' drought as the main cause.

Impact of El Nino could be worst in 18 years in southern Africa, warns UN 'special alert'

Dec 23, 2015, at 01:58 pm

New York, Dec 23 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Crop and livestock production prospects in southern Africa have been weakened by this year’s powerful El Nino, while the phenomenon is also impacting agricultural sectors in northern Australia, parts of Indonesia and a wide swathe of Central America and Brazil, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday.