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NTS Bulletin (Feb 2013)

Organisation: NTS, RSIS

Authors: J. Jackson Ewing and Sally Trethewie
Research Themes:
Environmental security and climate change
Type: Newsletters
21 February 2013

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Abstract

January 2013 saw weather and environmental extremes across the globe pose severe threats to lives and livelihoods. Unprecedented hot weather and heavy flooding were seen in Australia. Abnormally cold weather hit China, western Russia and South Asia. Areas of North and South America battled some of the worst droughts of the past century.