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03.16.16 -- NASA Selects Instruments To Study Air Pollution, Tropical Cyclone

2016-03-15 01:33:10| pollutiononline Home Page

03/16/16 Pollution Online Newsletter

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Australia sends relief ship to Fiji in wake Cyclone Winston

2016-02-27 05:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Australia is sending a relief ship to Fiji to assist in the recovery effort after Cyclone Winston, the worst ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, tore through the island nation last Saturday, as the sheer scale of the disaster becomes clearer. The death toll from the category five storm remains at 42, according to a statement from Fiji's National Disaster Management Office, although that figure is expected to rise. Many communities remain without water and it could be weeks before electricity...

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Ocean heat fueled Fiji's Cyclone Winston, meteorologists say

2016-02-26 17:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Al Jazeera: Climate experts said Monday that ocean temperatures played a key role in strengthening Cyclone Winston, which slammed into Fiji on Saturday night with 200-mph winds, killing at least 29 people and flattening villages. The warmer the sea-surface temperature, the stronger a tropical cyclone can get, Bob Henson, a meteorologist and climate blogger at Weather Underground, told Al Jazeera in an email. Sea-surface temperatures have been especially warm this year across much of the tropical Pacific,...

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Fiji cyclone disaster is a sign of future challenges

2016-02-26 14:09:10| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ClimateWire: Small island states and environmentalists say the devastating cyclone that lashed Fiji on Saturday illustrates why the world must get serious about helping climate-vulnerable countries cope with warming. Cyclone Winston was the most damaging storm ever to hit the small Pacific nation. The death toll was at 36 yesterday. Fijis representatives spent yesterday assessing the damage and securing aid. The government of Fijis first concern is to provide humanitarian emergency assistance, food,...

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In Wake of Cyclone Winston, 350.org Pacific Stands with Fiji and Urges Global Climate Action

2016-02-26 12:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: Less than a week after Fiji became the first nation to ratify the Paris agreement, Tropical Cyclone Winston became the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere, wreaking havoc in Tonga and growing into an unpredictable and severe Category 5 system, leaving a trail of destruction across Fiji. As many Fijians are still reeling from the aftermath of severe Tropical Cyclone Winston, efforts are already underway to rebuild Fiji. The relationship between climate change and...

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