Science, Space and Technology News 2024
Rainfall in Southern Africa during the month of February 2024, as a percent of normal .A prolonged dry spell in southern Africa in early 2024 scorched crops and threatened food security for millions of people. The drought has been fueled in large part by the ongoing El Niño, which shifted at the University of California, Santa Barbara. February 2024 was especially dry. The map above shows the amount of rainfall during that month, as a percent of normal .
The parched conditions came at a critical time when crops need ample water supply for growth and to produce grain. Insufficient rain and high temperatures resulted inwere reported in Zimbabwe, and over 1.4 million cattle are considered at high risk of drought conditions and death due to a lack of pasture and water.
Maize is the single most important cereal crop in southern Africa, accounting for a majority of the region’s cereal production andof the average person’s diet. Its success or failure can affect the amount of food available. FEWS NET experts estimated in March 2024 that” food insecurity in Zimbabwe, Malawi, central Mozambique, and Madagascar.
“Based on our modeling and previous research on El Niño and crop yields, we were able to issue advanced warning of this drought back in the fall of 2023,” said Amy McNally, a FEWS NET researcher based at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.shared the 2024 growing season forecast with humanitarian aid organizations, bringing attention to the potential drought, reduced crop harvests, and exacerbation of already inflated maize prices.
Although there may be no relief on the horizon for crop production in the near term, next year may have more favorable conditions. The Aprilindicates that there is an 85 percent likelihood of a La Niña developing in late 2024 and early 2025, whichNASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using data from the Climate Hazards Center, at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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