Two-thirds of California’s unique plants, some 2,300 species that grow nowhere else in the world, could be wiped out across much of their current geographic ranges by the end of the century because of rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns, according to a new study.The species that cannot migrate fast enough to higher altitudes or […]
Zambia has not been spared by climate change damages in the recent years, Tourism and Natural Resources Deputy Minister Todd Chilembo has said, calling for measures to address the situation.
When he officiated at the workshop in Lusaka Friday for the study on the economic impacts of climate change, Chilembo said that the effects of […]
SCIENTISTS from Scotland’s six main research institutes briefed ministers yesterday on climate change research, showcasing how to tackle the problem.
The conference was organised to update the ministers responsible for climate change and environment on some of the projects being carried out at Scotland’s leading environmental, agricultural and biological research institutes. The projects include:• Developing measures […]
Man-made factors, including climate change, could dry up a key source of water for millions of Americans living in southwestern United States.Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, have predicted that there is a 50 per cent chance that Lake Mead, a key source of water for millions of people in […]
