Africa

Social inequality and climate breakdown

Mar 08, 2021 06:48

Although the world’s poorest populations are often least responsible for climate change, they primarily suffer the worst consequences of its effects – from streams drying up to an increasingly insecure food supply – and have the fewest tools and resources to address it.
20 dead, 600 injured in Equatorial Guinea military camp explosions

Mar 08, 2021 05:45

At least 20 people were killed and hundreds injured after four accidental explosions ripped through a military camp in Equatorial Guinea and obliterated neighboring residential areas.
Study finds sharks can help marine ecosystems survive effects of climate change

Mar 03, 2021 11:46

The researchers say sharks eat grazing animals that feed on aquatic plants like seagrass — which helps maintain water clarity, stores carbon dioxide and houses fish and other organisms that can keep seas healthy.
Using deep-sea fiber optic cables to detect earthquakes

Mar 01, 2021 12:48

Seismologists at Caltech working with optics experts at Google have developed a method to use existing underwater telecommunication cables to detect earthquakes. The technique could lead to improved earthquake and tsunami warning systems around the world.
We need urgent research to know what microplastics are doing to us. Here's why?

Feb 28, 2021 07:04

In light of staggering accumulation of plastic particles in all environments on Earth, as well as concerning signs from animal toxicology studies, ecotoxicologists are calling for urgent investigations into the effects of microplastics on human health. This echoes calls from the World Health Organization (WHO) back in 2019.
Pandemic may have left 265 million people with acute food shortages in 2020

Feb 26, 2021 06:11

According to a United Nations World Food Program (WFP) report, COVID-19 might have left up to 265 million people with acute food shortages in 2020.
2020 Global Food Security Index shows overall decline in food security

Feb 25, 2021 12:33

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) released on Tuesday Feb. 23 the ninth annual Global Food Security Index (GFSI) sponsored by Corteva, which measures the underlying drivers of food security in 113 countries, based on the factors of affordability, availability, quality and safety, and natural resources and resilience.
President calls on development of Iran’s ties with Senegal, Ghana

Feb 24, 2021 12:42

President Hassan Rouhani expressed Iran’s readiness to broaden political and economic relations with Senegal and Ghana, pointing to the opportunities available for closer cooperation with the two West African nations.
Dieting may slow metabolism – but it doesn’t ruin it

Feb 24, 2021 07:13

The loss of lean tissue (muscle) when you diet – which burns around 15-25 calories per kilogram each day – lowers resting metabolic rate, meaning you need fewer calories than you previously did. But the body also deliberately slows down metabolism to preserve energy stores and minimize weight loss.
New study shows Pfizer vaccine not protective against African version of COVID-19

Feb 18, 2021 14:14

A new study published in one of the most prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals shows that the Pfizer vaccine is largely ineffective against the dominant local variant of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in South Africa.