Amazon forest fires pushing climate change ‘beyond human control’
As in many parts of the world, the climate of the Amazon is undergoing dramatic changes. Droughts and floods happen more often, as well...
Mauritius' President Brings Lessons From Science to Her Office
President Ameenah Firdaus Gurib-Fakim of Mauritius is part of an exclusive club of women leading African nations. The club has just three...
Can Miss Earth SA clean up globally?
Irini Moutzouris has been Miss Earth South Africa for less than a month and she has already been tasked with a mammoth duty. The...
First high-res map of Africa from space reveals continent in stunning detail
Over the course of a year, ESA collected huge amounts of satellite data to create the first high-res image of the African continent. From...
Researchers model how changes in climate, socioeconomic status will likely affect health outcomes in
Over the past decade, increasing temperatures across much of Africa and decreasing rainfall across East Africa have come to represent an...
Catholic groups boycott fossil fuels in push for action on climate change
Forty Roman Catholic groups have said they were shunning investments in fossil fuels and urged others to follow suit. The coalition was...
Securing Land Rights in Africa
Earlier this month, Liberian President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf warned that Africa would continue to be...
New research highlights the need to learn from past climate changes
New international research led by The University of Manchester has highlighted that learning from previous periods of climate change is...
Climate Change and Nepal’s food insecurity
Food insecurity and malnutrition is one of the major health issues caused by climate change. It is irrefutably the most important...
To Fight Climate Change, Educate and Empower Girls
Girls and women bear the brunt of climate change impacts. Natural disasters kill more women than men: an estimated 90 percent of those...