Weather
Drought in the south-west: Prospecting
Recent rain has helped, but better water management is still needed(6)
Water shortages: Ms Fang’s parched patch
Even the government cannot do much if it does not rain(14)
Recommended economics writing: Weekend link exchange
The best of the rest of the economics web(0)
Strife in the Sahel: A perfect desert storm
Political extremism, Libyan weapons and changing weather patterns are causing turmoil in the Sahel(2)
Daily chart: Talking about the weather
Quantifying the damage from floods, storms and droughts(61)
Fighter jets: Bomb bays to Delhi
India favours France’s Dassault(23)
Daily chart: Natural disasters
The costliest natural disasters since 1980(67)
Natural disasters: Counting the cost of calamities
Death rates from natural disasters are falling; and fears that they have become more common are misplaced. But their economic cost is rising relentlessly(17)
Winter strikes Chicago: Shovel ready
Mr Emanuel’s feeling for snow(7)
Colombia’s floods: That damned Niña
Endless rain exacts a heavy toll(2)
London versus new York: Start spreading the news
Just look at the data(15)
The South Pacific's water crisis: And not a drop to drink
Climate change plays a part and the smallest nations are helpless to respond(84)
America's costliest hurricanes(17)
After Hurricane Irene: The storm-clouds clear
Was Hurricane Irene over-hyped?(63)
Hurricane Irene: Irene and your travel plans
If you are in the path of Hurricane Irene, don't travel except for emergencies—and evacuations(1)
Climate science (I): Seasons of discontent
El Niño, a worldwide fluctuation in the climate, may provoke civil war as well as inclement weather(35)
Disaster in east Africa: The famine forecast
As famine status is declared in East Africa, the forecast shows worse is to come, whilst fund reserves sit way behind target.(43)
Drought in the South: Bone-dry
Drought has blanketed nearly a third of the lower 48(15)
The Okefenokee fire: Cooking the swamp
Remove water, add lightning(2)
Hunger in the Horn of Africa: Once more unto the abyss
A terrible drought has brought the shadow of famine back to Africa(19)
The environment: A preference for green
So long as it doesn’t cost too much(7)
The world economy: From tsunamis to Typhoons
The damage to the world economy from Japan’s disaster, Europe’s debt crisis and war in Libya is uncertain. That in itself is damaging(7)
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