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ENSO as an Integrating Concept in Earth Science by McPhaden, Michael J, Zebiak, Stephen E, Glantz, Michael H

“…The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle of alternating warm El Niño and cold La Niña events is the dominant year-to-year climate signal on Earth. ENSO…”
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Reviewing the Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) to Enhance Societal Readiness for El Niño’s Impacts by Glantz, Michael H., Ramirez, Ivan J.

“…NOAA’s Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) is used to record for historical purposes the occurrence and duration of El Niño episodes, based on the monitoring of sea…”
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For the Record: Second Thoughts on Early Warning, Early Action (EWEA), EW4All, or EWEA4All? by Glantz, Michael H., Pierce, Gregory

“…Over the past four decades, people around the globe have experienced unprecedented escalations in the frequency, intensity, magnitude, and location of…”
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Mainstreaming the Full ENSO: Linking Present Weather and Future Climate by Glantz, Michael H., Naranjo-Diaz, Lino, Ye, Qian, Pierce, Gregory E.

“…In this article we propose that all countries that are striving to become a Weather-Ready Nation (WRN) would benefit greatly from including El Niño-Southern…”
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Improvisation in the Time of Disaster by Glantz, Michael H., Ramírez, Ivan J.

“…Library shelves are filled with stories about disasters and how to cope and enhance the chance of survival in the face of a wide range of so-called natural…”
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El Niño and the Köppen–Geiger Classification: A Prototype Concept and Methodology for Mapping Impacts in Central America and the Circum-Caribbean by Naranjo, Lino, Glantz, Michael H., Temirbekov, Sayat, Ramírez, Ivan J.

“…The aim of this pilot study conducted by the consortium for capacity building was to develop a prototype concept and methodology for the classification and…”
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What Does It Mean to Be El Niño Ready? by Glantz, Michael, Naranjo, Lino, Baudoin, Marie-Ange, Ramírez, Ivan

“…Once an El Niño event has been forecast, government warnings and news headlines highlight the need for society to get ready for the potential impacts of the…”
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Usable thoughts: climate, water and weather in the twenty-first century by Glantz, Michael H, Ye, Qian

“…Short quotations are often used to stimulate thought and evoke discussion. The intention of this book is no less ambitious. Drawing upon a series of quotations…”
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Shades of Chaos: Lessons Learned About Lessons Learned About Forecasting El Niño and Its Impacts by Glantz, Michael H.

“…The troubled forecast of El Niño’s onset in 2014 requires an explanation as well as an open dialogue with the user community that depends on such an important…”
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Predictive Skill of Statistical and Dynamical Climate Models in SST Forecasts during the 1997–98 El Niño Episode and the 1998 La Niña Onset by Barnston, Anthony G., Glantz, Michael H., He, Yuxiang

“…Critical reviews of forecasts of ENSO conditions, based on a set of 15 dynamical and statistical models, are given for the 1997–98 El Niño event and the…”
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Forecast Hesitancy: Why are People Reluctant to Believe, Accept, or Respond to Various Weather, Water, and Climate Hazard-Related Forecasts? by Glantz, Michael H., Pierce, Gregory E.

“…Current discussions of the social phenomenon of “vaccine hesitancy” with regard to Covid-19 provide an opportunity to use hesitancy as a means to shift…”
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Preparedness for slow‐onset environmental disasters: Drawing lessons from three decades of El Niño impacts by Staupe‐Delgado, Reidar, Kruke, Bjørn Ivar, Ross, Robert J., Glantz, Michael H.

“…El Niño warm events provide a fruitful case for the study of disaster‐induced learning due to their reoccurring nature and the high level of uncertainty…”
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Analyzing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction by Kelman, Ilan, Glantz, Michael H.

“…Japan recently hosted the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) from 14 to 18 March 2015 in Sendai. The Sendai Framework for Disaster…”
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The Letter and the Spirit of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (a.k.a. HFA2) by Glantz, Michael H.

“…The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 will be criticized, without doubt, for what it says and what it does not say. Such a short document…”
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La Nina and its impacts: Facts and speculation by Glantz, Michael H

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Water, Climate, and Development Issues in the Amu Darya Basin by Glantz, Michael H

“…Before 1960, the Aral Sea was the fourth-largest body of water on Earth. Today, it is on the edge of extinction. The Sea is fed by Central Asia's two major…”
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Aral Sea Basin: A Sea Dies, a Sea Also Rises by Glantz, Michael H

“…The thesis of this article is quite different from many other theses of papers, books, and articles on the Aral Sea. It is meant to purposely highlight the…”
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Thoughts on dealing with climate change...as if the future matters by Glantz, Michael H., Kelman, Ilan

“…This article uses the need for more inspiration in people to act on climate change as a basis for exploring some thoughts on the societal and environmental…”
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Highlands-to-Sea Cooperation in the Aral Sea Basin: Linking or Sinking? by Glantz, Michael H.

“…Given the failure to save the Aral Sea, new ways of thinking are needed to avert future disasters unleashed by climate change or other events. The threat to…”
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Risk Zones: Comparative Lesson Drawing and Policy Learning from Flood Insurance Programs by Zia, Asim, Glantz, Michael H.

“…Risk insurance mechanisms have been proposed as proactive policy options to enhance the resilience of communities for coping with extreme events. Many risk…”
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