What Is the Impact of El Niño on Global Climate?
People the world over are feeling, or soon will feel, the effects of the strongest El Niño event since 1997-98, currently unfolding in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. New satellite…
Syrian Children Facing Harsh Winter Weather
Another harsh winter is looming for more than eight million Syrian children living inside the war-ravaged country or as refugees around the region and beyond. Preliminary weather forecasts indicate that…
WHO Outlines Global Health Trends to Meet 2030 Targets
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued Tuesday a comprehensive analysis of global health trends since 2000, and laid out actions that should be prioritized over the next 15 years. The…
El Niño Expected to Impact Most Americans
The Weather Network’s meteorologists released their Winter Forecast Thursday, forecasting the months of December, January and February. While milder than normal weather is expected to dominate December for the northern…
Ebola Virus Transmission Stops in Sierra Leone
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Saturday that Ebola virus transmission has been stopped in Sierra Leone. Forty-two days, that is two Ebola virus incubation cycles, have now passed since…