From afdcd1@UAA.ALASKA.EDU Sun Jan 18 22:46:57 1998 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id WAA35450 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 22:46:55 -0800 Received: from cwolf.alaska.edu (cwolf.uaa.alaska.edu [137.229.100.202]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.09) with ESMTP id WAA29858 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 22:46:52 -0800 Received: from [137.229.98.203] ("port 2018"@[137.229.98.203]) by UAA.ALASKA.EDU (PMDF V5.1-10 #22326) with SMTP id <01ISJCQ9N3VU8WYV3P@UAA.ALASKA.EDU> for consbio@u.washington.edu; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 21:46:21 -0900 Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 21:46:20 -0900 From: afdcd1@UAA.ALASKA.EDU (Dr. David Duffy) Subject: EL NINO Bulletin 16, 18 January 1998 To: ArcticInfo Mailing List , seabird@uct.ac.za, FISH1IFR@aol.com, ECOLOG-L@UMDD.UMD.EDU, consbio@u.washington.edu, Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable *********ENSO 97-98: CURRENT REPORTS ON EVENTS************** Report 16 18 JANUARY 1998 This electronic mailing is intended to provide near real-time reports primarily on marine and terrestrial events that may be linked to the development of the 1997 El Ni=F1o/Southern Oscillation which appears to be unfolding as one of the most severe ENSO events in history. Emphasis is on seabirds and changes to marine ecosystems, but we appreciate other reports that may expand our understanding of effects. These might include rainfall, flooding, or associated disease outbreaks. We try to be inclusive and to let hindsight separate ENSO from other effects. *****************In the past ten days, ENSO has had major effects on Kenya, eastern Canada, the northeastern United States, and Peru.******************** Data from Report 18, 18 January 1998, will be available shortly available at http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/ENSO.html or by request from: . To be placed on the emailing list for future bulletins, contact ----------------------- 1 DECEMBER 1997. NORTH ATLANTIC: CLIMATE AND SEABIRDS 4 JANUARY 1998. VENEZUELA: MARINE MAMMAL (DOLPHIN MORTALITY) 6 JANUARY 1998. CALIFORNIA: SEABIRD (PELICANS: REQUEST FOR INFO) 7 JANUARY 1998. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: RELIEF EFFORTS 7 JANUARY 1998. CANADA: BRITISH COLUMBIA: FISH FARMING 8 JANUARY. PERU: COSTS 8 JANUARY 1998. SOUTHERN AFRICA: CLIMATE (RAIN, NOT DROUGHT) 9 - 18 JANUARY 1998. CANADA AND EASTERN U.S.: CLIMATE (ICE STORM) 9 JANUARY 1998. TENNESSEE & NORTH CAROLINA: CLIMATE (RAIN) 12 JANUARY 1998. CALIFORNIA: CLIMATE & FISHERIES (SQUID) 12 JANUARY 1998. FALKLAND ISLANDS: SEABIRDS 12 JANUARY 1998. PERU: CLIMATE (RAINS) 13 JANUARY 1998. CALIFORNIA: CLIMATE (RAIN) 13 JANUARY 1998. WORLD: CLIMATE (WARMEST YEAR) 14 JANUARY 1998. CHILE: MARINE MAMMALS (SEALION MORTALITY) 14 JANUARY 1998. KENYA: CLIMATE (ENSO AFTERMATH) 14 JANUARY 1998. U.S.A.: BUSINESS (ENSO INSURANCE) 15 - 18 January 1998. KENYA: CLIMATE (FLOODS; EPIDEMICS; LOCUSTS; FAMINE?) 15 JANUARY 1998. KENYA: EPIDEMIC DISEASE (RIFT VALLEY FEVER) 15 JANUARY 1998. PAPUA NEW GUINEA (LAND BIRDS) 15 JANUARY 1998. AFRICA: CLIMATE (RAINFALL PREDICTIONS) 16 JANUARY 1998. WEST AFRICA: CLIMATE (COFFEE & COCOA) 16 JANUARY 1998. PERU: MARINE MAMMAL (MORTALITY) 16 - 17 JANUARY 1998. PERU: CLIMATE (MUDSLIDE) .