The Solution for the Melting Polar Ice Caps May Be Hiding in the Rainforest
There was already dramatic evidence that our planet is undeniably warming before 30 December 2015, when the world heard that the ice at...
Botswana: Heat Wave Breaks Maximum Temperature Records
The extreme heat wave which hit the country recently has broken several maximum temperature records, according to statistics from the...
Global Action Too Slow to Curb Rising Risks Says Former UN Disaster Chief
The world's preparations to deal with disasters are not yet keeping pace with the growing threats to people and societies, said the...
Greenland Ice Melt Speeds Up Sea Level Rise
Water may be flowing from the Greenland ice cap and into the sea more quickly than anybody expected. It doesn’t mean that global warming...
Ethiopia: Famine and Government Neglect
A shadow of fear and panic is creeping through villages in North Eastern, central and Southern Ethiopia, where once again famine stalks...
NASA to Study How African Fires Affect Climate
Climate scientists have received a boost of up to US$150 million from US space agency NASA for a five year campaign to probe how air...
Fossils Show History's Largest Ape Failed to Adapt to Climate Change, Went Extinct
A giant ape that once roamed Asia as Nature’s closest version of a real King Kong is believed to have died out because it failed to adapt...
Uganda: 85 New Weather Stations to Be Installed
A total of 85 weather stations will be installed in Uganda over the next two years under a $1m (about Shs3.3b) project by the...
Insect Farming Could Fight Malnutrition, Environmental Stress
Farming insects on a large scale is no more of a biological or chemical hazard than other livestock farming, says a report by a European...
El Niño Has Put World in 'Uncharted Territory,' UN Relief Chief Says
Briefing United Nations Member States today on the widely varied and devastating impacts of the current El Niño weather phenomenon -...