"El Nino"

Environmental Health day to be marked with measures to improve the quality of air

A serious study is required as this year’s air pollution in the North proves that Thailand lacks proactive measures to deal with “special conditions”, officials fighting forest fires in the past month say.

Minister warns of severe shortage under impact of El Nino if people do not use their resources prudently.

THE PHILIPPINE Department of Agriculture (DA) has warned that there has been declining water supply for agriculture over the last few decades and the presence of the El Nino weather phenomenon could lead to an “agriculture crisis”.

NAY PYI TAW - An MP from the Union Solidarity and Development Party yesterday submitted a proposal to the Lower House, urging the union government to take precautionary measures against global climate change and the potential impact of El Nino.

MORE RAIN is predicted this year than in 2015, as the El Nino weather effect is weakening but the country is not expected to face a strong La Nina phenomenon following that, the Meteorological Department has said.

Hidden beyond the current El Nino hype, solid evidence exists that the demise of the record-breaking event has already begun and that all traces of it will have vanished by next August.

The latest cyclical warming of Pacific Ocean waters, first observed centuries ago and formally tracked since 1950, began earlier this year and already has been felt across Asia, Africa and Latin America.

THE DEVASTATING drought currently affecting Thailand could drag on until the middle of next year due to what experts are calling the mother of all El Ninos.

Despite reasonably good monsoon rains in South Asia, the El Nino weather phenomenon is again rearing its ugly head across Asia Pacific, raising fears of significant crop losses, increased food prices and rising inflation.