Metro Planners Allowing Structures In Flood-Prone Areas
The Tema Metropolitan Director of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Hajia Zinab Abdulai, has observed that most of the ...
Tag: Physical geography
Ancient Poo Shows Antarctic Penguins’ Volcanic Past
Analysis of ancient penguin guano has revealed that volcanic eruptions, not climate change, almost wiped out an Antarctic sea bird ...
Reef Damage Could Cost Australia A Million Tourists
Mass coral bleaching on Australia's Great Barrier Reef could cost the region more than a million tourists a year and ...
Ancient Poo Shows Antarctic Penguins’ Volcanic Past
Analysis of ancient penguin guano has revealed that volcanic eruptions, not climate change, almost wiped out an Antarctic sea bird ...
British DJ Paul Oakenfold Hosts World’s Highest Party On Mount Everest
Top British DJ Paul Oakenfold braved thinning air and freezing temperatures to host the 'highest party on earth' at Everest ...
British DJ Hosts World’s Highest Party On Everest
Top British DJ Paul Oakenfold braved thinning air and freezing temperatures to host the "highest party on earth" at Everest ...
Growing Risk of ‘mass’ Starvation Deaths In Africa
The United Nations warned Tuesday that "the risk of mass deaths from starvation ... is growing" among people in conflict ...
British DJ To Perform World’s Highest Gig On Everest
Influential British DJ Paul Oakenfold has reached Mount Everest's base camp where he plans to host the "highest party on ...
Great Barrier Reef: Two-Thirds Damaged In ‘unprecedented’ Bleaching
Unprecedented coral bleaching in consecutive years has damaged two-thirds of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, aerial surveys have shown. The bleaching ...
‘Zero Recovery’ For Corals In Back-To-Back Australia Bleaching
Coral bleached for two consecutive years at Australia's Great Barrier Reef has "zero prospect" of recovery, scientists warned Monday, as ...
California Governor Declares End To Drought Emergency
One of the worst droughts in California history has officially ended, Governor Jerry Brown declared, but not before it strained ...
California Declares Stubborn Drought Officially Over
California Governor Jerry Brown declared Friday the official end of the state's drought that lasted more than five years. Despite ...
Drought Shatters Turkana’s Dreams of A Better Future
In just a few years water, oil and money would flow. Roads, schools and hospitals would follow. Turkana's generations of ...
Evidence of Ancient ‘geological Brexit’ Revealed
The UK has now started the formal process of leaving the EU, but scientists say they have evidence of a ...
Woman and Children Found Dead In River
A mother and her two children have drowned after their car plunged into floodwaters in Australia. Their bodies were recovered ...
Solo Yachtswoman In Antarctica Bid Hits Trouble
An Australian attempting to become the first woman to circumnavigate Antarctica solo issued a distress call Tuesday after being demasted ...
Electro Music Pioneer Plans Dead Sea Show To Defy Trump
Pioneering electronic musician Jean-Michel Jarre has said he wants to use an all-night concert at the Dead Sea to highlight ...
US Will Keep Climate Commitments Despite Trump
The former mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, said Friday the United States will keep its commitment to reduce greenhouse ...
Flooding Overwhelms Australian Towns After Cyclone
Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from towns in two Australian states as authorities warned Friday there could ...
‘Underwater Wasteland’ Worries After Cyclone Hits Barrier Reef
A powerful cyclone that smashed into northeastern Australia could have caused further damage to the under-pressure Great Barrier Reef, turning ...