April 20, 2023
South Africa: Climate Change Increases the Risk of Extreme Wildfires Around Cape Town - but It Can Be Addressed
Across the globe, many recent severe wildfires have moved from wildlands into the urban periphery (the "wildland urban interface"). In their wake, they've left death, destruction… Read more »
April 19, 2023
Africa: Illegal Logging in Africa Is a Threat to Security
African countries are estimated to lose US$17 billion each year to illegal logging. High-value timber species are in global demand. Read more »
April 11, 2023
Africa: Great Apes Like to Spin Themselves Dizzy, a Lot Like Children Do, Research Shows
Children love to spin. Whether it is by whirling around on their feet, whipping around on a tyre swing, or tumbling down a grassy hill, they revel in the drunken effects of… Read more »
April 13, 2023
Africa: New Research Forces a Rethink of Ape Evolution
Human evolution is tightly connected to the environment and landscape of Africa, where our ancestors first emerged. Read more »
April 16, 2023
Ghana: Ghana's Fishing Industry Has a 'Golden Seaweed' Problem - How Citizen Science Can Help
Sargassum is a genus of brown seaweed. Over 300 species are distributed across the world in both temperate and tropical climates. The species fluitans and natans are unique because… Read more »
April 10, 2023
Africa: Energy Sector Will Need to Transform Radically - These Are the Five Biggest Challenges
The future of Africa's energy sector is getting increasing attention from policymakers and the private sector. As demand for energy rises, current energy systems must grow rapidly… Read more »
April 02, 2023
Ethiopia: The War On Tigray Wiped Out Decades of Environmental Progress - How to Start Again
The Tigray region, in northern Ethiopia, used to be a model for land restoration in Africa. It won multiple awards and recognition. Read more »
March 24, 2023
Nigeria: Water Scarcity On Nigeria's Coast Is Hardest On Women - Six Steps to Ease the Burden
Imagine waking up before dawn every day to fetch water for your family. You trek to the nearest water source, miles away, with only a jerrycan to carry the precious liquid. You… Read more »
March 21, 2023
Ghana: Farmers in Ghana Can't Predict Rainfall Anymore, Changing How They Work #AfricaClimateCrisis
Climate change affects all spheres of life, particularly those aspects that depend on the environment. Farming communities are a case in point. Read more »
Africa: Aquifers Hold More Than 20 Times The Water Stored in Continent's Lakes, But They Don't Solve Water Scarcity
Discoveries of aquifers - underground earth formations that hold water - often create excitement around their ability to ease water scarcity in a region. Read more »
March 20, 2023
Africa: Air Pollution Can Increase the Risk of Covid Infection and Severe Disease #AfricaClimateCrisis
The early part of the COVID pandemic led to a significant reduction in air pollution in many parts of the world. With lockdowns, travel restrictions and decreased economic… Read more »
March 19, 2023
Ethiopia: Wars in Cities - Three Rules for Protecting the Built Environment During Conflict
During the course of wars, the infrastructure of cities faces destruction. Fighting, regardless of its intentions, destroys roads, bridges, commercial and residential buildings, as… Read more »
March 16, 2023
South Africa: New Discovery - Fossilised Giant Zebra Tracks Found in South Africa
Tens of thousands of years ago, a huge horse species walked, trotted and galloped across the shifting sands of what is today South Africa's Cape south coast. Read more »
March 13, 2023
Africa: Getting From Waste to Clean Water - Tiny Carbon Particles Can Do the Job
Many futuristic novels and films have explored what the world might look like without water. But water scarcity isn't a problem for the far-off future: it's already here. Read more »
Africa: Droughts Bring Disease - Here Are 4 Ways They Do It
Countries in the Horn of Africa have been hit by a multiyear drought. Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda are expected to continue getting below-normal rainfall in 2023. Excluding… Read more »
March 07, 2023
Africa: Long Covid Linked to Air Pollution Exposure in Young Adults - New Study
Although COVID-19 infections are typically less severe in young adults, that doesn't mean they aren't still at risk of complications from COVID-19. For example, around one in 25… Read more »
March 06, 2023
Africa: Children and Teenagers Can Carry Out Valuable Wildlife Research - Here's How
The environment is in crisis. Young people are calling for environmental action and requesting more education about the environment and the climate emergency. They are also looking… Read more »
March 01, 2023
Africa: High-Tech Replacements Aren't Really 'Resurrecting' Endagered Species
It's no secret that human activities have put many of this planet's inhabitants in danger. Extinctions are happening at a dramatically faster rate than they have over the past tens… Read more »
March 02, 2023
Africa: Why Prey Animals Often See Threats Where There Are None - and How It Costs Them
For a nervous horror fan, an evening watching HBO's hit post-apocalyptic television show The Last of Us might be followed by a restless night under the duvet. The silhouette of a… Read more »
March 01, 2023
Africa: Oil and Gas Companies Are Seen As Climate Villains. Truth Is, We'll Need Their Expertise to Make Green Hydrogen a Reality
Think about oil and gas companies and climate change and chances are you'll think dark thoughts. It's true Exxon Mobil had remarkably detailed knowledge of global warming in the… Read more »
March 02, 2023
South Africa: Roads and Power Lines Put Primates in Danger - South African Data Adds to the Real Picture
About 25 million kilometres of new roads are expected to be built around the world by 2050. Along with power lines and railways, roads cut through the landscape everywhere,… Read more »
February 28, 2023
Africa: La Niña Is Finishing an Extremely Unusual Three-Year Cycle - Here's How It Affected Weather Around the World #AfricaClimateCrisis
It was anchovy fishermen in Peru who first noticed and named El Niño events in the tropical Pacific hundreds of years ago. Their catches would fluctuate and the largest… Read more »
March 01, 2023
Zambia: History of Green Policies Shows Why Environment and Development Must Go Hand in Hand #AfricaClimateCrisis
Climate change and environmental policy measures have become a central part of planning for sustainable development and avoiding crises such as food and water insecurity. Read more »
February 25, 2023
Nigeria: Climate Change in Urban Nigeria - 4 Factors That Affect How Residents Adapt
Climate change is a long-term shift in temperatures and weather patterns. It's caused by solar cycle variations and human activities such as burning fossil fuels: coal, oil and… Read more »
February 23, 2023
Africa: Africa's First Heat Officer Is Based in Freetown - 5 Things That Should Be On Her Agenda
Eugenia Kargbo has an unusual job: she is the city of Freetown's chief heat officer. Her role in Sierra Leone's capital is the first of its kind in Africa. She has been tasked with… Read more »