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…