Africa: African Sci-Fi Imagines New Ways of Living in Climate-Changed Worlds

A new book called African Climate Futures explores how African science fiction is addressing climate change. Read more »

Tunisia: Popular Tunisian Island's Cultural Heritage At Risk Due to Tourism, Neglect and Climate Change

Nestled in the southern Mediterranean, off the south-east coast of Tunisia, lies the island of Djerba. With a rich cultural and religious history, it has been a crossroad of many… Read more »

Africa: Historic Ruling Finds Climate Change 'Imperils All Forms of Life' and Puts Laggard Nations On Notice

Climate change "imperils all forms of life" and countries must tackle the problem or face consequences under international law, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has found. Read more »

Malawi: Forest Loss in Malawi - How Having Women At the Table Affected Debates and Decisions About Solutions - Research

Around the world, climate change is being tackled, not just in parliaments and global summits, but also in villages and farming communities. In these local spaces, lives and… Read more »

South Africa: Surprise Results in Search for South African Lizard Species That Have Been Missing for Decades

What happens when a species has not been seen by anyone for decades? Environmentalists think of these as "lost species". We do not know if they've gone extinct, or if it's simply… Read more »

Tanzania: Livestock and Lions Make Uneasy Neighbours - How a Fence Upgrade Helped Protect Domestic and Wild Animals in Tanzania

Protecting livestock in areas where large carnivores (like lions) live is increasingly important as human land use expands, wildlife habitat shrinks, and climatic changes reshape… Read more »

East Africa: I Watched a Simulated Oil Spill in the Indian Ocean - Here's How Island and Coastal Countries Worked Together to Avoid Disaster

The coils of black hose, drum skimmers designed to collect oil from the ocean's surface, and orangey-red containment booms all looked out of place on the white sand of Mombasa's… Read more »

Ghana: Ghana Has a Rare Treasure, a Crater Made When a Meteor Hit Earth - Why It Needs to Be Protected

Impact craters are formed when an object from space such as a meteoroid, asteroid or comet strikes the Earth at a very high velocity. This leaves an excavated circular hole on the… Read more »

Africa: Only 3 Years Left - New Study Warns the World Is Running Out of Time to Avoid the Worst Impacts of Climate Change

Bad climate news is everywhere. Africa is being hit particularly hard by climate change and extreme weather, impacting lives and livelihoods. Read more »

Africa: Is It Okay to Boil Water More Than Once, or Should You Empty the Kettle Every Time?

The kettle is a household staple practically everywhere - how else would we make our hot drinks? Read more »

Africa: Green Energy and Protecting Nature Get the Thumbs Up in Climate Change Study in 68 Countries

Africa has begun experiencing frequent extreme weather events. Extreme weather is defined as the kind of heatwaves, droughts, storms and floods that have historically been rare… Read more »

Africa: Whose Turn Is It? the Question Is At the Heart of Language and Chimpanzees Ask It Too

When we think about what sets humans apart from other animals, language often comes to mind. Language is more than words - it also relies on the ability to build shared… Read more »

Africa: Africans Survived 10,000 Years of Climate Changes By Adapting Food Systems - Study Offers Lessons for Modern Times

Imagine living in a place where a single drought, hurricane, or mudslide can wipe out your food supply. Across Africa, many communities do exactly that - navigate climate shocks… Read more »

Africa: Many Fish Are Social, but Pesticides Are Pushing Them Apart

Scientists have detected pesticides in rivers, lakes and oceans worldwide. So what are these pesticides doing to the fish? Read more »

Madagascar: Lemurs Can Help Save Madagascan Forests, but First We Need to Protect Them

Most people's encounters with lemurs have occurred through their representations in popular children's media, like Zoboomafoo or Madagascar. However, most people don't know that… Read more »

Africa: Guineafowl Can Outsmart Extreme Temperatures - We Spent a Year Finding Out How

Have you ever wondered how wild birds cope with baking hot afternoons and freezing cold mornings? Our new study has taken a close look at one of Africa's most familiar birds - the… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Freshwater Ecosystems Depend On Little Creatures Like Insects and Snails - Study Maps Overlooked Species

Africa's tropical belt, defined by the Guinean forests of west Africa and the Congo Basin of central Africa, is globally recognised for its astounding biodiversity. Read more »

Africa: We Don't Need Deep-Sea Mining, or Its Environmental Harms. Here's Why

Deep-sea mining promises critical minerals for the energy transition without the problems of mining on land. It also promises to bring wealth to developing nations. But the… Read more »

Africa: Berg Winds in South Africa - the Winter Weather Pattern That Increases Wildfire Risks

Winter in some parts of South Africa is a time of low (or no) rainfall and high fire danger. Sheldon Strydom studies the relationship between weather and fire, in particular how… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Plants - a Database Project Has Recorded 65,000 Species - and Is Still Growing

The African Plant Database lists 65,000 species of flowering plants, ferns and conifers found on the African continent and Madagascar. Since 2006, every plant species ever… Read more »

Egypt: Egypt Needs More Drinkable Water - How Windy Coastal Resorts Could Help

Egypt is facing a growing water crisis due to its arid climate, limited water resources, and rapidly increasing population. The country of 114 million people depends heavily on the… Read more »

Africa: Can You Trust Climate Information? How and Why Powerful Players Are Misleading the Public

Ten years ago, the world committed itself to keeping global warming well below 2°C (and preferably below 1.5°C) above the pre-industrial era. This would be done by reducing… Read more »

Africa: War, Politics and Religion Shape Wildlife Evolution in Cities

People often consider evolution to be a process that occurs in nature in the background of human society. But evolution is not separate from human beings. In fact, human cultural… Read more »

Africa: Climate Change Has Doubled the World's Heatwaves - How Africa Is Affected

A global review of extreme heat has found that between May 2024 and May 2025, nearly half the world's people (49% or 4 billion) suffered through an extra 30 days of temperatures… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Hadejia Wetlands Are a Vital Stopover for Migrating Birds - New Survey Records Species Found in the Park

The Hadejia Wetlands National Park in north-western Nigeria is a vital ecological treasure, designated as both a globally important wetland (Ramsar site) and an Important Bird… Read more »