Malians struggle to cope after deadly heat wave
In Mali's capital Bamako, Aboubacar Pamateck runs a scarf under a trickle of water and wraps it around his head to cope with the West African nation's soaring heat.
In Mali's capital Bamako, Aboubacar Pamateck runs a scarf under a trickle of water and wraps it around his head to cope with the West African nation's soaring heat.
Environment
Apr 21, 2024
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The deadly heat wave that hit Africa's Sahel region in early April would not have occurred without human-induced climate change, according to a study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group published Thursday.
Earth Sciences
Apr 18, 2024
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Climate change, and specifically rising temperatures, may cause food prices to increase by 3.2% per year, according to a new study by researchers in Germany. As climate change continues to worsen, this price inflation will ...
Agriculture
Mar 25, 2024
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Niger—a landlocked country of 25 million people in one of the most unstable parts of the world—recently announced it was suspending military cooperation with the United States.
Social Sciences
Mar 20, 2024
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More than 400 people develop malaria every minute, and it can be fatal if not diagnosed and treated at the first sign of symptoms. Eliminating the disease will require interventions that stop the transmission of the parasite ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 27, 2024
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Children living in multilingual communities often learn in a language at school that does not match the language they speak at home. This mismatch makes it challenging for them to participate in classroom discussions and ...
Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2024
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A framework for combining climate and social data could help scientists better support climate change adaptation ahead of future weather-related disasters.
Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2024
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Hubert Reeves once wrote that "on the cosmic scale, liquid water is rarer than gold". And what is true for the universe is even truer in the Sahel, the name given to the vast, arid belt that skirts the Sahara and stretches ...
Ecology
Jan 1, 2024
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New research reveals millions of people around the world living in poverty have been experiencing a "climate hazard flip" since the turn of the century.
Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2023
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A group of international astronomers, including researchers from Queen's University, has identified two potential polar ring galaxies, according to results published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Astronomy
Sep 13, 2023
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