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More monsoon rain likely in Bangladesh this year

2021

2020

Importance of seasonal flood forecasts in Bangladesh - Asia Times

2019

Bangladesh should take 'total weather insurance' - Asia Times

Impacts of changing climate on human health in Bangladesh

Up to us to keep control of precious water resources - Asia Times

Bangladesh solar power: lessons from Hawaii - Asia Times

2018

দেশে বন্যা ও দুর্যোগ বাড়ছে কেন?

বাংলার খনা এবং কৃষি উন্নয়নে আবহাওয়ার পূর্বাভাস

How likely is flooding in 2018?

2017

The impact of climate change on SundarbansBased on the climate model projections, it is evident that the Sundarbans area will face a 2-3° C rise in temperature during the 2050s. Projected sea-level rise is 0.5 m by the 2050s, which would inundate approximately 491 sq.-km (11 per cent) of the Sundarbans (Bangladesh part). In addition to

2014

Impacts of El Niño in BangladeshCurrently there is an 80% chance of an El Niño [(e.g., positive or warming sea surface temperature in the eastern Pacific (SST-EP)] developing by July-August-September, or it may develop by October-November-December this year.

2011

Rising sea level in a changing climateAdvances in climate change modeling enable us to obtain best estimates of temperature, rainfall, and sea level and their likely uncertainty ranges given a projected warming with different emission scenarios. Results for different emission scenarios are provided explicitly in the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) report. Projected global average surface warming for the end of the 21st century (20902099) relative to 19801999 with best estimates and likely ranges for global average surface air warming for six Special Reports on Emission Scenarios (SRES) are shown in Table 1.

2010

How likely is flooding now?This is the second part of my article entitled “How likely is flooding this year?”, which was published in the issue of 'The Daily Star' on August 07 of 2010. While the first part was prepared based on the on-going La Niña event at that time, the second part is prepared on the basis of further strengthening of that on-going La Niña. Although, the first part was published in August, I actually prepared it in the month of May 2010. It was originally intended to be published earlier.

2009

Cyclone Aila and climate changeACCORDING to the Associated Press, some 2.3 million people were affected by Aila, many of them stranded in flooded villages. Storm surges in Bangladesh flooded agricultural areas with salty water. Home to roughly 25,000 residents, the coastal island Nijhum Dwip was reported to be completely submerged.

Humans, water and climateFigure 1. Diagram illustrating the interdependence of human water use and the natural hydrologic system.

Climate change and conflictFIVE complementary mechanisms have been proposed to link broad climate change/variability processes to conflict. These are : (i) Political instability: Economic stagnation, increasing unemployment rates, and costly measures to counter climate change could weaken the state's capacity for governance, including redistribution and political control.

2008

Solar power prospects : Hawaii experienceThe sun is a direct source of energy. Using renewable energy technologies, we can convert that solar energy into electricityThe State of Hawaii, an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959, making it the 50th state of the USA. Its capital is Honolulu on the island of Oahu.

2007

La Niña and Bangladesh floods

Cyclone Sidr: Impact of climate change?Tropical cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh Cyclone Sidr is the fourth named storm of the 2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. The storm formed in the central Bay of Bengal, and quickly strengthened to reach peak sustained winds of 215 km/h (135 mp/h), which would make it a Category-4 equivalent tropical cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. The storm eventually made landfall near Bangladesh on November 15.

2005

An alternative for flood management

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