A new GEOGLAM Crop Monitor Special Report was released today! El Niño is strengthening and forecast to persist through April 2027. The report covers impacts on crops in key regions and potential impacts in the coming months. More: cropmonitor.org/special-repo…

What could the 2026/27 El Niño mean for southern Africa's upcoming rainy season? A new tool, the Southern Africa ENSO Explorer now live at enso.ubramplab.org helps examine the impacts of historical El Niño events. Read more: blog.chc.ucsb.edu/?p=2084

The Department of Geography, UCSB is excited to announce the opening of an Associate Specialist in Climate and Data Services position with the Climate Hazards Center. To apply, visit: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF03124 UCSB is an AA/EOE, including disability/vets.

📢The peer-reviewed CHIRPS3 paper is now published in Nature Scientific Data! CHIRPS2 operational updates will cease after December 31, 2026. 🔗 Article: nature.com/articles/s41597-0… 🔗FEWS NET Press Release: fews.net/new-version-fews-ne… 🔗UCSB news: news.ucsb.edu/2026/022614/ne…

A recent blog, in collaboration with @umdgeography, @Eth_Meteorology and @IGAD_CPAC highlights potential impacts of the forecast 2026 #ElNiño on Ethiopia’s June to September Kiremt rainy season and the associated risks to food security. Read more ➡️: blog.chc.ucsb.edu/

High-elevation weather stations installed by the African Mountain Research Foundation across southern Africa provide critical data integrated into #CHIRPS. African Mountain Research Foundation has shared a short film, featuring a special narrator (Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex).

The Climate Hazards Center Research Director and Climate Scientist, Dr Chris Funk, was featured in the latest issue of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Magazine #lookKIT 2026/1. Dr. Funk highlights ongoing collaboration between the CHC and KIT. km.kit.edu/english/archive-l…

This week the Climate Hazards Center met with colleagues from @MetMalawi for a workshop training on using Geotools for drought monitoring and forecasting. Visit chc.ucsb.edu/tools to explore and download the Geotools add-ons for QGIS. #drought

Join us on October 16 for a webinar on Public Health Strategies for Droughts and Food & Water Security hosted by @ColumbiaMSPH. 9:00 - 10:30 AM ET Learn more: publichealth.columbia.edu/re… Register: columbiauniversity.zoom.us/w…

Weather station reporting has been declining over the past 4 decades. The CHC and UCAR @COMETMetEd are deploying 3D-printed stations to fill climate data gaps. Read more about this joint effort with @MeteoKenya @MSDZIM @FEWSNET here: blog.chc.ucsb.edu/?p=1840

🔔 A new article by the Ethiopian Meteorological Institute @Eth_Meteorology and co-authored by the CHC highlights EMI’s remarkable progress in advancing climate services. Read more: chc.ucsb.edu/news/announceme… Article: frontiersin.org/journals/cli… #Ethiopia

📢Dr. Chris Funk from @ClimateHazards will join a global panel of experts on June 11, at the Cell Press Forum: Drought and Water In(security) in a Changing World. Don’t miss this discussion! Register: bigmarker.com/cellpress-soci… @CellPressNews @UCSBgeog

🔔The atmosphere’s growing thirst is making droughts worse, even where it rains. CHC has co-authored a paper that explored the extent to which Atmospheric Evaporative Demand has influenced the severity of drought. News: news.ucsb.edu/2025/021903/at… Paper: nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

How can satellite data help us improve food security? CHC has developed a crop area mapping approach using Spectral Mixture Analysis that works well in smallholder farms in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more: blog.chc.ucsb.edu/?p=1829 #foodsecurity #remotesensing

Scientists at the Climate Hazards Center and the University of California are studying heat exposure among elementary students in California to help develop heat action plans. Learn more about this work here: news.ucsb.edu/2025/021858/he… @UCSBgeog

📢Join CHC's Chris Funk on May 14, 2025 as he presents at the KIT International Excellence Talks. Read more: chc.ucsb.edu/news/announceme… Zoom: kit-lecture.zoom.us/j/677302… 2024 International Excellence Award Video: youtube.com/watch?v=lLpzUg38… @UCSBgeog

CHC is excited to welcome @AfricanMt as our newest data provider! In March, @AfricanMt provided valuable station data from mountainous areas of #Malawi, #Zimbabwe, & #SouthAfrica into #CHIRPS. 👉 chc.ucsb.edu/monitoring for the latest rainfall updates.

ENSO neutral conditions are currently present. East Africa March rainfall totals were above average across most of #Kenya, #Tanzania, southwestern #Ethiopia, and southern Somalia. 🌧️are forecast to continue. Latest update: blog.chc.ucsb.edu/ #CHIRPS

The March #Afghanistan Agro-climate Special Report is out! Rainfall conditions improved in March, but the seasonal (October 2024 - April 2025) cumulative rainfall remains below-average. Full report➡️: chc.ucsb.edu/monitoring/afgh…

⭐️Welcome back Capstone Students! The undergraduate statistics team @ucsbpstat is back from spring break and diving into data! They’re applying their statistical skills to evaluate model performance in predicting rainfall. Excited to see their insights unfold