Three climbers died on Everest over the weekend and another is missing, officials confirmed Monday, in one of the deadliest episodes on the peak since an avalanche swept through base camp killing 18 two years ago. More than a dozen climbers have also been rescued from the 8,848 metre (29,030 foot) mountain in the last … Read more
A South African caught attempting to climb Mount Everest without an $11,000 permit said Thursday that he couldn’t afford the hefty fee but had always planned to turn himself in and serve jail time as punishment. Ryan Sean Davy was arrested on Tuesday after handing himself into authorities in Kathmandu, a week after he was … Read more
Even before he is sworn in as the Metropolitan Chief Executive for Ga-Central, Emmanuel Lamptey is promising massive development within his jurisdiction. Mr. Lamptey, who received a 100 percent endorsement from the assembly, says he plans to establish a water and oil extraction company within the municipality after he is sworn in. Speaking on the , … Read more
Ethiopian opposition politician Yonatan Tesfaye has been found guilty of encouraging terrorism for comments he made on Facebook. He was arrested in December 2015 as a wave of anti-government protests in the Oromia region was gathering momentum. The authorities objected to several posts including one in which he said the government used “force against the … Read more
Three British Gurkha soldiers reached the summit of Mount Everest on Monday, two years after being caught in an avalanche on the mountain sparked by the earthquake that devastated swathes of Nepal. The climbers are the first to summit the world’s highest peak from the south side this spring season, as strong winds, fresh snowfall … Read more
Hurricanes can be monstruous, terrifying things to live through. Garrett Black flies through them for a living and likes it. Last year, for instance, Black flew through Hurricane Matthew, which reached the maximum category five strength, to measure its fury as the storm struck the Caribbean and the southeast US coast. “It’s a lot like … Read more
Six Indian climbers reached the top of Mount Everest on Saturday, the first group to summit the world’s highest peak this season. The team reached the peak from the northern Tibet side of the mountain on Saturday morning, with the first climber summiting at 8:20 am (0020 GMT) and the rest of the group following … Read more
As other Everest hopefuls were trudging up to base camp in April, Singapore-based Brooks Entwistle was at home, planning his daughter’s 13th birthday party and preparing for his company’s annual general meeting. But at night he would climb into a hypoxic, or low oxygen, tent meant to mimic the thin air at high altitude. Now … Read more
The Alaskan tundra appears to be emitting more carbon dioxide than it captures, a dynamic that could accelerate climate warming as vast stores of CO2 trapped in Arctic soils are unlocked by rising temperatures. A question scientists have had is whether a warming climate would lead to a greater intake of CO2 through photosynthesis during … Read more
Heavy rain from a weather system has caused widespread flooding across eastern Canada, with a state of emergency being declared in Montreal. The weather system is the same one which brought severe storms to parts of the southern US and flooding to the eastern seaboard. Flooding was from North Virginia to New York and New … Read more
Over 34, 000 residents within Tema are expected to be affected in the event of flood this year. This include some residents around Communities 18,19, 20, 3,5, Tema New Town among other places. Tema Metro Coordinator for NADMO, Hadjia Zenabu Abdulai who revealed this to Adom News says individuals building in flood prone areas among … Read more
A South African attempting to climb Mount Everest alone and without a permit has been ordered off the mountain, had his passport confiscated and will be fined $22,000, an official said Monday. Ryan Sean Davy, 43, told officials at base camp that he had climbed alone as far as camp two — 6,400 metres (21,000 … Read more
Sherpa climbers who successfully scale mountains including Mount Everest will be officially recognised, the Nepal government said Friday, reversing a controversial decision to stop issuing summit certificates to the guides. The Sherpas who guide foreign mountaineers are the backbone of Nepal’s lucrative high-altitude climbing industry, which nets the impoverished Himalayan country more than $3 million … Read more
The Art Centre in Accra is one place you are sure to see tourists every single day. Tourists throng there to buy all kinds of artefacts ranging from African print dresses through sculpture made from wood to jewelries made of cowries from the beach…yes the beach close to the Centre. Behind this African craft village is a … Read more
Coral-munching crown-of-thorns starfish can be safely killed by common household vinegar, scientists revealed Thursday in a discovery that offers hope for Australia’s struggling Great Barrier Reef. The predatory starfish is naturally-occurring but has proliferated due to pollution and run-off at the World Heritage-listed ecosystem, which is also reeling from two consecutive years of mass coral … Read more
Rescuers on Wednesday found two Taiwanese trekkers who went missing in a remote mountainous part of Nepal seven weeks ago, but only one survived the ordeal. Liu Chen-chun, 19, died just three days before the rescue team located the couple in northwest Nepal, but her boyfriend managed to survive despite running out of food. Liang … Read more
The world needs to do more to protect the Antarctic wilderness and its wildlife, scientists warned Tuesday, as they marked World Penguin Day. The flightless seabirds — a favourite with children for their clumsy, waddling gait — offer a useful yardstick for researchers to judge the health of their habitat. “Penguins are great ambassadors for … Read more
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) Friday assured the public that adequate preparations are being put in place to manage disasters during the rainy season, which has duly started. Mr Kweku D. De Graft, the Acting Director, Public Relations, NADMO, said throughout the year, the Organisation had been carrying out adequate sensitisation programmes in flood … Read more
The gutting of US-funded climate science would cripple research agendas worldwide and hamper the global fight against climate change, say scientists outside the United States, some of whom will take to the streets Saturday to make that point. US President Donald Trump has called for drastic cutbacks across multiple federal agencies that track and analyse … Read more
Every morning, hundreds of men converge on a dry lakebed in a remote corner of Ethiopia, where they cleave the ground open with handaxes to extract salt, just as their fathers and grandfathers once did. They toil under the gaze of a caravan of camels who will carry their salt bricks to market, in a … Read more