19 JANUARY 2017
A RECENT research has shown the frequency of tropical cyclones (TCs) could increase by up to 40 per cent in the horseshoe-shaped region of Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands and Hawaii.
Fiji-born Australian scientist Savin Chand, in his research — El Nino-driven tropical cyclone climate projections for the Pacific — found that a location that has been impacted by TCs only once every 10 El Nino years might be expected to be impacted once in every seven El Nino years in the future.
El Nino is a temporary change in the climate of the Pacific Ocean where typically, the ocean surface warms up by a few degrees Celsius.
Source: The Fiji Times