A groundbreaking study reveals that South Africa's rising landmass isn't due to volcanic activity, but rather the Earth's ...

Over the past decade, parts of South Africa have risen by as much as six millimeters – a subtle but measurable shift detected ...

According to a study conducted by the University of Bonn, droughts caused the land in Germany to rise by six millimeters ...

Recent studies, including groundbreaking research published in theJournal of Geophysical Research, have uncovered an ...

Devastating floods in South Sudan in recent months left thousands of herders without their most precious possessions: goats, ...

What is a drought and what are the causes? Droughts occur when prolonged periods of drier ... it is estimated that one in four children will be living in areas with extreme water shortages. In Africa, ...

South Africa’s surface is rising. Slowly, almost invisibly, some areas are lifting by as much as two millimeters each year.

Large regions in northern, southern, and central-western Africa, as well as northern Madagascar, are experiencing severe drought conditions due to two or more years of lower-than-average rainfall ...

When a famine is declared it means people are already dying. And the last time this happened, six years ago in the Horn of Africa, the cause was a natural one: drought. This time it’s man-made: ...

KwaZulu-Natal province is no stranger to drought ... Across South Africa, water stress is a priority problem, but with no single cause there is no single solution. Each area experiences water ...

Months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El Niño weather phenomenon have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region's worst hunger crisis in ...

South Africa is slowly lifting out of the water – by up to two millimeters per year depending on the region. It had been ...