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Beyond Resilience: Measuring the Livelihood Vulnerability of Commercial Livestock Farmers to Drought in South Africa

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change continues to increase the frequency and intensity of events, threatening agricultural production, farmers' livelihoods and the achievement of SDGs 1 and 2 (No Poverty and Zero Hunger). This study examined the effect of agricultural drought on the livelihood vulnerability of commercial livestock farmers in the Northern Cape ...
Hanipher Mili   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

USGS Information on El Nino

open access: yes
This portal provides access to United States Geological Survey (USGS) publications related to El Nino, especially the extreme 1997-1998 El Nino season. There is an introductory article explaning what El Nino is, followed by a selection of resources on El

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El Nino Note

open access: yes, 1988
A note from John Anderson to Mr.

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Los Manríquez y su empresa criminal Las Mudanzas. Prestigio y consumo de familias que circulan mercancía caliente en el centro de México

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
RESUMEN A partir del estudio de caso de una familia de tres generaciones dedicada al robo y a la circulación de mercancía caliente en el centro de México, analizo las formas en que sus integrantes cultivan su idea de prestigio y cómo esta se relaciona con sus motivaciones.
Marco Antonio Zagal Guzmán
wiley   +1 more source

When ENSO Reigns, It Pours: Climate Forecasts in Flood Planning [PDF]

open access: yes
Recent scientific and technical advances have increased the potential use of longterm seasonal climate forecasts for improving water resource management.
Hersh, Robert, Wernstedt, Kris
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Extreme rainfall in southern China in April 2024 and its potential link to weather events across south Asia

open access: yesWeather, EarlyView.
This study documents the unseasonal and prolonged heavy rain events which occurred in southern China during April 2024. In this series of extreme rainfall events, Guangdong province recorded extreme rainfall exceeding 6‐sigma of climatology, with eleven cities reporting record‐breaking rainfall.
Wai‐Po Tse   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

El Nino Theme Page

open access: yes, 2003
This site provides multiple access points to all types of El Nino data. It describes both El Nino and La Nina conditions, as well as the impacts of an El Nino event and the benefits of El Nino prediction.

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Rapid loss, and slow recovery, of coral reef structural complexity resulting from a prolonged marine heatwave

open access: yesJournal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Using Structure‐from‐Motion photogrammetry in a longitudinal study, we show that although coral reef habitat complexity had declined significantly by the end of the most prolonged tropical marine heatwave on record, no further losses were detected and 3 years later the reef had begun to recover this critical ecosystem function.
Kevin A. Bruce   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

TWO FLAVORS OF EL NINO AND ATLANTIC HURRICANE ACTIVITY

open access: yes, 2009
Recently, several studies have reported that there are two types of El Nino events, which are classified based on spatial patterns of sea-surface temperature (SST) anomaly.
김혜미, P. Webster, 국종성
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Contrasting associations between parental coordination and breeding success in albatrosses across differing environmental contexts

open access: yesJournal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Our study demonstrates that the benefits of parental coordination in albatrosses are context‐dependent rather than universal. Coordinated parental care enhanced reproductive success in stable environments, but had little effect in variable environments, where individual flexibility may be more valuable.
Natasha Gillies   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

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