Mango flowers and hornets’ nests might seem strange bedfellows for meteorological satellites, but on Futuna Island, a craggy volcano at the eastern edge of the archipelago of Vanuatu, they play a critical role in helping local people predict extreme weather.
New research from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) has found that large and powerful cyclones can harm coral reefs as far as 1000km away from their paths due to the extreme ocean conditions that they can churn up.
The world is facing a series of interlinked emergencies that are threatening the existence of humans, because the sum of the effects of the crises is much greater than their individual impacts, according to a new global study.
When discussing the issue of forced migration, we see images in the U.S. of violence and economic inequality in Central America, South America and parts of the Middle East. But in Asia and the Pacific, the Rev.
While the rest of the world is struggling to adapt to climate change, Samoan villages are already facing the challenge. The village of Aopo has moved their entire community further inland as a response to cyclones and extreme weather. In new research, on the impact of climate change on Pacific Is
A leading hurricane forecast amended its early-season prediction Thursday, increasing the chances for a more active storm year with the demise of El Niño.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced the dissipation of El Niño, a storm-thwarting climate pattern, during the hurrica
Researchers say that teasing out the role of human-induced global warming — as opposed to natural fluctuations — in individual weather extremes will help city planners, engineers and home-owners to understand which kinds of floods, droughts and other weather calamities are increasing in risk.