For media & journalists:
While covering Afghanistan related issues, i.e., water, climate, agriculture, natural disasters, journalists frequently lack specialists to take their opinions. Here, I introduce some of my expert friends who could be contacted in this regard.
1. Dr. Zakeria Shnizai @shnizaii Postdoc researcher at Oxford University. Expert in groundwater, mining, geotechnics and earthquakes.
Jan 6, 2022 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
Afghanistan's drought will end: 🧵
Despite early warnings of drought extension to 2022 based on seasonal predictions, recent heavy snow has changed the precipitation deficit observed since the start of the wet season in October 2021. If predictions of the next months...1/13
...come true, the severe drought in Afghanistan will be over.
In addition to the observation of experts, international organizations have warned about the continuation of drought to 2022. Why have such changes occurred? How it affects the next months’ precipitation? 2/13
Dec 12, 2021 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Afghanistan’s precipitation status: Thread 👇
The water year in Afghanistan begins from the 1st of October and continue till May. As almost 2.5 months have gone, blow I look in to some of the Afghanistan's precipitation statistics. 1/9
Afghanistan began a drier water year in comparison to the average and last year conditions. The reason is recurrence of the #LaNina in the Pacific Ocean.
A comparison of the current and last year is shown here. 2/9
