Introduction

Visit your favorite climate portal and find, assess, and comment on a project or report related to the effects of El Nino on a particular sector (such as agriculture, utilities, human health, etc.,) due, in part, to anthropogenic climate change. El Nino (and its counterpart La Nina), are natural phenomena that affect seasonal weather and long-term climate patterns around the world. You’ll likely need to explore the basics of El Nino before reviewing your article (See: https://www.climate.gov/enso). You’ll come across many reports attributing serious impacts to El Nino; and many will go a step further by tying events to climate change. But do these reports present the science and impacts effectively and truthfully? As you explore how organizations treat El Nino, think about some of the real-world economic impacts and reasonable options to respond to them.

There are three objectives for this assignment: 1) discover climate portals that publish on advanced climate-services related topics; 2) evaluate and critique your project/report of choice in light of the knowledge gained from the materials assigned for this module; and 3) comment on the relationship between El Nino and climate impacts (if any). You can pick virtually any report as long as its author/s offers ample and credible support for their findings.

The report must be fairly recent (at the most, 12 months old).

A brief description of the project or report you are introducing;

Your assessment of the credibility/veracity of the report (not all organizations are alike!);
Your assessment of the substantive points made in by the author/s; and

A brief account of the nexus between El Nino and impacts on a given critical sector. Does the project or report acknowledge uncertainties?

Does it explore the science in an understandable way? If not, what do you think are the reasons for these omissions?

Must follow instructions.  Please utilize 3 questions to frame paper
Must Identify a Country directly impacted by El Nino

4 scholarly sources in addition to climate portal

This is to be written informally.
Tell me about two things:
(1) your general response to this modules materials
(2) the impact of these stories going largely untold, especially as it relates to the historical erasure of anti-rape advocacy during the civil rights movement

JOURNAL GRADING RUBRIC
5 points Wrote the required 3  pages, using a standard 12 point font, standard margins, and standard double spacing
5 points Wrote directly about the topic if multiple questions are raised, each was given the appropriate attention
10 points Referenced class materials and concepts and incorporated them into the entry while avoiding mere restatement of facts from the readings and lectures
10 points Entry is thoughtful; demonstrates the student is attempting to engage with the materials to think more critically about the world around them, particularly as it relates to the topic at hand. Student applies the materials to their lives outside the classroom.