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Global warming accelerates the water cycle, with relevant climatic consequences
May 01, 2022 (SPX)
This acceleration of the water cycle is caused by an increase in the evaporation of water from the seas and oceans resulting from the rise in temperature. As a ...
Iraq yet again hit by dust storm
May 01, 2022 (AFP)
Dozens were hospitalised with respiratory problems in the centre and the west of the country. A thick layer of orange dust settled across streets and vehicles, ...
West Africa bloc ECOWAS agrees climate strategy
Apr 29, 2022 (AFP)
Leaders of the bloc have agreed with the European Union to spend $294 billion in the next 10 years to address climate change problems such as land erosion. "Bet...
Ancient oak trees to shed light on the climate of the past 4,500 years
Apr 27, 2022 (SPX)
Analysis of tree rings - known as dendrochronology - is an established scientific technique for understanding the past. Tree rings can be examined in living or ...
Climate change quickly warming Scottish lochs: study
Apr 26, 2022 (AFP)
Between 2015 and 2019, 97 percent of monitored Scottish lochs and reservoirs increased in temperature, with most (88 percent) warming by between 0.25 and 1.0 de...
Humanity stuck in 'spiral of self-destruction': UN
Apr 25, 2022 (AFP)
In a fresh report, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, or UNDRR, found that between 350 and 500 medium- to large-scale disasters took place globally ever...
Third dust storm in two weeks sweeps through Iraq
Apr 20, 2022 (AFP)
The air in Baghdad was thick with a heavy sheet of grey and orange dust, while the state news agency INA cited the meteorological office as saying the latest st...
Under shadow of drought, Santiago ditches exotic plants
Apr 20, 2022 (AFP)
One of Latin America's most urbanized cities has experienced more than a decade of drought, and managing water access for its fast-growing population is becomin...
20 million risk starvation as Horn of Africa drought worsens: UN
Apr 19, 2022 (AFP)
A months-long drought has left the Horn of Africa on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe, destroying crops and livestock and forcing huge numbers of people ...
Climate activists disrupt traffic in London, Paris
Apr 16, 2022 (AFP)
Around 300 metres (980 feet) of a main thoroughfare in central Paris was taken over by activists over the Easter weekend, with some of them moving in hay bales ...
Global warming: even cacti can't take the heat
Apr 15, 2022 (AFP)
By 2070, up to 90 percent could be threatened with extinction due to climate change, habitat loss and other stressors, triple the current percentage, scientists...
Dust storm covers Iraq for second time in a week
Apr 12, 2022 (AFP)
It follows a similar storm that blew over the country late last week and left dozens hospitalised with respiratory problems. The latest weather event cast an or...
Somalia at risk of famine 'catastrophe': UN agencies
Apr 12, 2022 (AFP)
Many parts of Somalia are being ravaged by an extreme months-long drought that has also taken hold in other countries in the region including Ethiopia and Kenya...
Chile unveils plan for water rationing in capital
Apr 12, 2022 (AFP)
"We have had 12 years of drought, therefore it's quite likely that we will have this type of situation," said the governor's office in Santiago. The plan has fo...
Climate scorecard: good news and bad news
Apr 05, 2022 (AFP)
So how do the actions of the world so far match up to the challenge? Here is a rundown from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's handbook on how t...
Hunger crisis across Africa 'going unnoticed,' says Red Cross
Apr 05, 2022 (AFP)
Some 346 million people -- more than one in four people across Africa -- are suffering from "alarming" hunger and that number will probably rise in the coming m...
The UN's 10,000-page red alert on climate change
Apr 04, 2022 (AFP)
Spread across 10,000 pages, these are the main takeaways from a trio of UN reports on climate change published in August 2021, February 2022 and on Monday. The ...
'Now or never' to avoid climate catastrophe, warns UN
Apr 04, 2022 (AFP)
That daunting task is still -- only just -- possible, but current policies are leading the planet towards catastrophic temperature rises, the UN's Intergovernme...
'Clear alarm': world reacts to UN climate solutions
Apr 04, 2022 (AFP)
Here is a summary of their reactions. - 'Immoral' failure - "This collective failure to act at the scale and speed necessary to combat the climate crisis is irr...
Flash droughts coming on faster, global study shows
Apr 04, 2022 (SPX)
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Texas Tech University found that although the number of flash drought...
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