http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Sat, 18 May 2013 04:43:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/03/video-is-drought-in-east-africa-the-new-normal/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/03/video-is-drought-in-east-africa-the-new-normal/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 03:31:40 +0000 Francesco Fiondella http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=26023 A video interview with climate scientist Bradfield Lyon, who explains his latest research on what's driving rainfall patterns in parts of East Africa.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/03/video-is-drought-in-east-africa-the-new-normal/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/10/climate-underpinnings-of-east-africa-drought/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/10/climate-underpinnings-of-east-africa-drought/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:40:55 +0000 Francesco Fiondella http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=16774 Watch a video interview of climate scientist Brad Lyon on the conditions leading up to the ongoing 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.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/10/climate-underpinnings-of-east-africa-drought/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/19/somali-drought-harbinger-of-hard-times/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/19/somali-drought-harbinger-of-hard-times/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:00:45 +0000 Benjamin Preston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=16341 For all its problems, Southern California has been a wonderful home for a lot of people over the past 100 or so years. It has nice beaches, good roads, plenty of places to eat, and, for now, a reliable supply of drinking water. Now imagine the L.A. riots had spread across the entire region, plunging [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/19/somali-drought-harbinger-of-hard-times/feed/ 0