by Beth Holmes | May 8, 2023 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Eastern Africa’s drought is largely the product of human-driven climate change, according to an international team of climate scientists. World Weather Attribution is a team of climate researchers and scientists from seven nations, working together to quickly...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 22, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards
Marine heat waves in the Mediterranean may have severe consequences on the inland sea, as fauna and flora alike struggle with high temperatures. From Spain to Turkey, the Mediterranean Sea has seen a series of exceptional temperatures this summer, with peaks raging...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 18, 2022 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
African cyclones are growing worse and wetter thanks to global warming, according to climate scientists. A team of 22 climate researchers from 8 countries collaborated on a study of cyclone seasons in Africa, comparing conditions today to pre-industrial weather...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 18, 2021 | Climate Change, Sustainability
Glaciers in Africa are few and far between, but they’re important to the continent, both as important water storage and as a barometer of climate change. Africa as a whole is warming and becoming arid faster than the global average. A new report from the World...
by Admin | Aug 3, 2020 | Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Since early May, rural northern Botswana has seen more than 350 elephants die. The first cluster, of 169 individuals, was reported in the broad Okavango Delta, where over 15,000 elephants roam. Since then, the number has doubled, and is likely higher, since elephants...
