Environment

The entrance of the international seed bank Svalbard Global Seed Vault A vault in the Arctic built to preserve seeds for rice, wheat and other food staples contains one million …

Students protest during a climate school strike in London Many wealthy nations are letting the world’s younger generations down by failing to curb planet-warming emissions, a UN-backed report said on …

Climate change could expand farmland globally by almost a third, a study by international researchers found this week Kenya’s livestock herders planting chilli peppers, Pakistan’s mountain farmers rearing fish and …

When scientist Peter Soroye first saw the figures showing estimated bumblebee populations in North America had fallen by nearly 50% in a single generation, he thought it must be a …

Australia had its hottest, driest year ever – a precursor to the ongoing deadly bushfires Last year was the Earth’s second-hottest since records began, and the world should brace itself …

The past decade is almost certain to be the hottest on record, weather experts warned on Tuesday, painting a bleak picture of vanishing sea ice, devastating heatwaves and encroaching seas …

A combination picture shows the Lower Grindelwald Glacier seen in Grindelwald, Switzerland in 1865 (L) and in 2019 (R) Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit a new record in 2018, …

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunny and thundry activities for Saturday. NiMet’s weather outlook on Friday in Abuja predicted a stable atmosphere over the Northern region down to …

A map of the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica from Oct. 20, provided by NASA. PHOTO: GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER/NASA/ASSOCIATED PRESS The annual ozone hole reached its peak …

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and rains for Sunday. NiMet’s weather outlook for Saturday in Abuja predicted partly cloudy conditions with chances of thunderstorms over Kebbi, Maiduguri …