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Sri Lanka to be first nation in the world to protect all its mangroves
More than half the world’s mangroves have been lost over the last century but all of those surviving in Sri Lanka, one of their most important havens, are now to be protected in an unprecedented...
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Paris climate agreement the world’s greatest diplomatic success
In the final meeting of the Paris talks on climate change on Saturday night, the debating chamber was full and the atmosphere tense. Ministers from 196 countries sat behind their country nameplates,...
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Unfolding the gift of tomorrow: leaving a legacy
A daily diet of environmental news from across the planet might sound like quite a radical regime. Yet I firmly believe in the right to know how my species is changing the world into which I have...
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South Africa maize prices scale new peaks as drought bites
South African maize prices maintained their record run into 2016, scaling historic highs on Monday amid growing drought concerns and rand weakness. The March contract for white maize added almost 2.6...
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The melting Arctic’s dramatic impact on global weather patterns
Arctic sea ice is melting at a record pace – and every summer looks grimmer. This past summer saw the ice pack at its fourth-lowest level on record, and the overall trend in recent decades suggests...
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The next great famine
Seven hundred years ago this month, people across northern Europe saw a comet in the sky and feared the worst. They were already running out of food. It had rained too much in 1315—sometimes every day...
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Water donations crisscrossing the country – all hands on deck
“Harrowing stories from children competing with cows for drinking water to farmers committing suicide, echoes over our barren land.” This from the national drought relief effort Water Shortage South...
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Temporary drought relief for Aliwal North
Extra water released from the Katse Dam at the end of last year is expected to reach drought-stricken Aliwal North, an Eastern Cape town on the Orange River. Water and sanitation director Margeret-Ann...
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Dealing with heat exhaustion and heatstroke
As we melt our way through the SA’s climactic summer, heat exhaustion and heatstroke are two potentially serious conditions that can occur if you get too hot. This overheating can also be caused by...
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Desertification step 1: drought and fires courtesy of climate change
Climate change is making floods, fires and droughts more frequent and severe, by intensifying the circulation of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth. Higher temperatures increase the...
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U.N. food agency says 14 million face hunger in SA
About 14 million people face hunger in Southern Africa because of a drought that has been exacerbated by an El Nino weather pattern, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday. The...
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Massive earthquake cuts power to thousands in Alaska
A major earthquake struck early Sunday morning off the Alaskan coast, the United States Geological Survey said. The 7.1-magnitude temblor hit at 1:30 a.m. AKST Sunday (5:30 a.m. EST Sunday), the USGS...
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Icebergs show up four months early off Newfoundland
From pole to pole the ice is melting. Winter is retreating. And much of life and even the seasons themselves appear to have been thrown off-kilter. In the Southern Ocean near the Antarctic Peninsula,...
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Climate change will wipe $2.5tn off global financial assets
Climate change could cut the value of the world’s financial assets by $2.5tn (£1.7tn), according to the first estimate from economic modelling. In the worst case scenarios, often used by regulators to...
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7 months of new highs: April breaks global temp. record
April 2016 was the hottest April on record globally – and the seventh month in a row to have broken global temperature record The latest figures smashed the previous record for April by the largest...
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Hong Kong beaches so full of trash it can be seen from space
An enormous—and unprecedented—amount of plastic waste and other marine debris has been washing up on Hong Kong’s southern beaches in recent weeks. Local authorities have described the filth as a...
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Earth on track for hottest year ever as warming speeds up
The earth is on track for its hottest year on record and warming at a faster rate than expected, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday. Temperatures recorded mainly in the...
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We have almost certainly blown the 1.5-degree global warming target
The United Nations climate change conference held last year in Paris had the aim of tackling future climate change. After the deadlocks and weak measures that arose at previous meetings, such as...
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Free State lecturer awarded for drought forecasting tool
A Free State academic has developed a drought forecasting tool to help small-scale farmers decide when to plant. Last Friday, Dr Muthoni Masinde received the top award in the category Distinguished...
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Southern Africa faces floods after drought
UN agencies warned on Thursday that southern African countries were at risk of another year of food shortages as the drought-hit region is expected to be hit by above-average rainfall likely to trigger...
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