Why is China quietly helping Africa build a Great Green Wall across the Sahara?
This battle can be won’: desert expert reveals how China’s technology, funding and strategies aid ambitious environmental project.
US Southwest dust storm: A public health and safety disaster
A massive dust wall towering thousands of feet and spanning over a 1,000-mile front swept across the American Southwest ...
Oxfam America3d
Cutting 83% of USAID programs 'a reckless move that will cause irreparable harm' — Oxfam
In reaction to Marco Rubio’s announcement that he has cut 83% of USAID activities, Abby Maxman, President and CEO of Oxfam America, said: “Cutting 83% of USAID programs is not an exercise in ...
TSN6d
Pettersson snaps scoring drought as Canucks down Wild
The goal snapped the star centre’s 15-game scoring drought. A power-play marker from Minnesota defenceman Brock Faber tied the score 1-1 at the 7:12 mark of the third period. Goalie Filip ...
Bureau of Meteorology17h
Understanding drought
Drought is a prolonged, abnormally dry period when the amount of available water is insufficient to meet our normal use. Drought is not simply low rainfall; if it was, much of inland Australia would ...
Bureau of Meteorology2d
Previous droughts
Australia is prone to drought partly because of its geography. Our continent spans the latitudes of the subtropical high pressure belt. This is an area of sinking, dry, stable air and usually clear ...
National Geographic news3d
National Geographic Magazine
Elephants are learning to live with us. Can we do the same? Elephants are learning to live with us. Can we do the same?
African Union6d
Food Security
An Integrated, Prosperous and Peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global arena.