The past three months have been laced with tales of disastrous storms occurring in various quarters of the world. On 5th September, Hurricane Florence hit the Carolinas (North and South) coasts in the US and lasted for about two weeks. It eventually peaked a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 140 mph that eventually […]
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Fertiliser use many times leave deleterious consequences on the general environment. They are responsible for leaching and polluting groundwater, threatening aquatic ecosystems, and contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. In short, fertilizers pose a great threat to environmental sustainability. In 2011, up to 216 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent was released into the atmosphere because
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Original Publication: Grist. A new El Niño is forming in the tropical Pacific, threatening an increase in global temperatures and extreme weather. Scientists around the world have been tracking the looming El Niño — the warm phase of since at least May, watching the warming waters of the tropical Pacific Ocean for telltale signs that a
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My first semester in the UNN was one big culture shock but the most significant adjustment was the water life. When I first bought my household items for school, I bought only 2 big buckets and on returning to the hostel my new roommates after having a good laugh gave me a lecture on water
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World Hunger is on the rise due to increasing climate change. Nearly 100 million people across the world are in need of humanitarian food aid because of climate shocks that occurred last year – and a growing number of people are malnourished across the Pacific, a new United Nations report says. Worldwide, the number of
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A new report by the World Health Organization on air pollution and child health, launched on the occasion of their first Global Health Conference on Air Pollution and Health, shows that almost all of the world’s children are exposed to dangerous levels of air pollution. The report also finds that in an increasingly populated and warmer
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The question is often asked about the role of civil society in Energy Access conversations and what impact or contributions they make to the “access continuum”. Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), by their very definition, can be very amorphous in terms of range, scope, and structure. However, what is well known is that they serve as
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International Day of The Girl Child is celebrated annually on October 11. The day is meant to bring focus on the challenges and dangers the Girl child faces, the inequality faced by girls worldwide based upon their gender also to promote the enforcement of their human rights, promote their empowerment and celebrate the diversity of
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Climate change has obvious and serious implications on our environment but according to a study, its implications go beyond the physical. It isn’t news that young people today have higher documented cases of mental issues ranging from Anxiety, Depression, Suicidal thoughts, Multiple personality disorders and so on. This has been linked to different reasons, climate
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Originally appeared on Thomson Returns Foundation World leaders who have pledged to end gender inequality by 2030 will miss the ambitious target if they do not accelerate efforts to plug “profound” data gaps, experts said ahead of launching a new gender index on Wednesday. Global partnership Equal Measures 2030, which is overseeing the index, said
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