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January’s record heat highlights how human-driven ocean warming is increasingly overwhelming natural climate cooling patterns
In April this year, President Emerson Mnangagwa declared a nationwide State of Disaster in Zimbabwe due to the severe drought caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon which has triggered a humanitarian crisis across southern Africa.
Cape Town authorities on high alert this weekend following heavy weather warning
This was as Zimbabwe declared a state of disaster on Wednesday over a devastating drought that is sweeping across much of southern Africa.
Escalating cocoa prices have led to surging prices and a limited supply, according to Casey Sprake, am investment analyst at Anchor Capital.
South Africans are currently grappling with a number of different water issues including the effects of climate change, an ongoing El Nino, and what it feels to be a long period of hot weather across the country.
The 2023-24 El Niño event has reached its peak, standing among the five most potent occurrences in history.
A basket of eight items, including fruit, vegetables, eggs, and hot beverages, cost R72. 62 more than it did a year ago.
Lower inflation has lifted hopes that the repo rate could be cut tomorrow, or at least sooner than expected.
Katabatic winds, a natural phenomenon, are keeping glaciers cooler amid rising global temperatures. While not a cure, this unexpected discovery sheds light on nature's resilience.
The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has declared 2023 as the hottest year ever recorded, emphasising the urgent need for climate action.
Reflecting on the El Niño weather phenomenon as we approach the year's end, we take a comprehensive examination of how the El Niño weather phenomenon unfolded this year and what we can expect next year.
According to Stefaan Conradie from UCT, these results have been confirmed by analyses from various institutions around the world and do include some measurements taken in South Africa.
As severe thunderstorms continue to wreak havoc in South Africa, we put our focus on why various parts of the country are experiencing such different and intense weather phenomena.
The traffic jam is a grim sign for a global economy that has been whipsawed by supply-chain challenges.
The South African Weather Service said that observed maximum temperatures for June and July indicate that the western and southern parts of the country had a colder June and July than average.
Summer months are expected to be drier and warmer. The El Niño-Southern Oscillation currently being in an El Niño state can also mean lower rainfall this coming summer.
A new Update from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) forecasts that there is a 90% probability of the El Niño event continuing during the second half of 2023.
Vally Padayachee said this while briefing the National Press Club in Pretoria on ‘the further risk mitigation of the possibility of going into an electricity blackout situation and collapsing the SA national electricity grid’.
South Africa’s grain and livestock farmers have been told they must adapt in the face of changing weather patterns, including a predicted drier El Niño expected in the 2023/24 summer season.