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Flight turbulence could increase significantly under climate change, a study warns, potentially upping the risk of injury – or at least flight anxiety – for future airline passengers. Furthermore, fuel and maintenance costs for carriers could rise. An increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations could cause changes in the jet stream over the North Atlantic flight

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has called for critical investments in agriculture and climate change relief to address the crisis in Africa’s strife-torn Lake Chad Basin, where hunger, poverty and a lack of rural development prevail. The Director-General of FAO, José da Silva, stated this in Rome following his visit to some of the

Countries are not increasing spending fast enough to meet the water and sanitation targets under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), says a new report published on Thursday, April 13, 2017 by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on behalf of UN-Water – the United Nations inter-agency coordination mechanism for all freshwater related issues, including sanitation. Dr

Wecyclers is a waste management company that has popularized the concept of waste sorting and recycling in Nigeria and Lagos in particular. The company was founded in June 2012 by Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, and Jonathan Kola. They were inspired to start Wecyclers in school during a class project for Bilikiss’ Development Ventures module at MIT. Through

If you’re ever in Lagos, Nigeria, watch for a quirky aero-amphibious jet car roaming the streets. Self-taught inventor Kehinde Durojaiye transformed a bunch of junk he found in a vehicle capable of operating on land or in water. Durojaiye hopes his invention will one day be a common sight across the country. Durojaiye’s jet car

A U.S. Steel plant in Portage, Indiana has spilled wastewater containing a potentially cancer-causing chemical into Burns Waterway, a tributary about 100 yards from Lake Michigan. The leak prompted the closure of four beaches and a riverwalk at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and Indiana American Water in Ogden Dunes—the nearest municipal water source—to shut

A new UN report says that health risks related to climate change are on the rise worldwide. At the same time, coordinated international responses can help prevent some of the worst impacts of climate change on health. Youssef Nassef, Director of the Adaptation Programme of the UNFCCC secretariat, says: “The report clearly highlights the need

Oil was discovered in large commercial quantity by Shell BP in 1956 in Oloibiri (present day Bayelsa State) and has since then been Nigeria’s cash cow. The question of whether crude oil is a curse or blessing for Nigeria, has remained and will continue to be an inconclusive one. Those of the opinion, that oil