World sees rapid upsurge in extreme weather: report
by Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- A world addled by climate change has seen a four-fold…
8 years ago
drought
For global water crisis, climate may be the last straw
by Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Before man-made climate change kicked in -- and well before…
8 years ago
Cape Town now faces dry taps by May 11
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AFP) -- Residents of drought-stricken Cape Town received rare good news Monday when city officials said…
8 years ago
Spain, Portugal struggle with extreme drought
by Adrien Vicente Agence France-Presse MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Spain and Portugal are grappling with a devastating drought which has left rivers…
9 years ago
Cost of climate disasters to reach half of US growth in a decade: report
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Economic losses from severe storms, hurricanes, floods, drought and wildfires are projected to reach at…
9 years ago
1.4 million children acutely malnourished in Somalia this year: UN
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Somalia, hit by drought and on the verge of famine, will count 1.4 million acutely malnourished…
9 years ago
Global Warming videographics
Once global warming was exclusively a naturally-occurring process. The Earth’s atmosphere is made up of gases, some of which absorb…
9 years ago
West Nile virus epidemics made worse by drought: study
by Marlowe HOOD pARIS, France (AFP) -- Drought has sharply boosted the intensity of deadly West Nile virus epidemics, which…
9 years ago
California singing in the rain
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- A series of storms that have rolled across California in the past week dumping…
9 years ago
Drought kills Paraguay’s thirsty alligators
GENERAL DIAZ, Paraguay (AFP) -- A drought in northern Paraguay has driven thousands of thirsty alligators to crowd around lakes…
10 years ago
Global turmoil, drought and fish deaths slow Vietnam economy
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- Vietnam's economy slowed in the first half of 2016, official figures showed Wednesday, with a severe…
10 years ago
Rains or not, India faces drinking water crisis
by Trudy HARRIS GANGNAULI, India (AFP) -- As large swathes of drought-devastated India desperately wait for the monsoon rains to…
10 years ago
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