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The Earth Institute's International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) presents, "Evaluating, Improving and Promoting Effective Use of Satellite Rainfall Products." This seminar explores ways to evaluate, improve, promote and use satellite rainfall products. Tufa Dinku, research scientist at IRI, will discuss the various satellite rainfall products are used in different applications at IRI and many other places across the world.…
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The IRI, IFRC and Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre have made a short video about using seasonal forecasts and other climate information to improve humanitarian response and preparedness.
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Join our newsletter: http://iri.columbia.edu/subscribe Climate change threatens a fragile ecosystem in the Andes The páramo is a high mountain ecosystem in South America's Andes rich with biodiversity and an important source of water for millions of people. It's at risk of becoming drier because of changing climate conditions. Our latest slideshow documents the efforts of IRI's Daniel Ruiz Carrascal and an international team of researchers who have…
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http://iri.columbia.edu A lo largo de la cordillera de los Andes en Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Venezuela, ubicado entre la cota máxima de árboles y la línea de lo que solíamos llamar nieves perpetuas, se encuentra el páramo, un ecosistema único e inquietantemente sublime que está amenazado por el cambio climático. El clima en el páramo de los Andes del Norte es húmedo y frío. Las temperaturas pueden alcanzar valores por debajo del punto de congelaciónen…
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IRI climate scientist Brad Lyon gives an overview of the climate conditions leading up to the 2010-11 drought in East Africa. He says there's a chance of La Niña forming later in the year, which could have devastating consequences for a region already plagued by widespread famine.
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