Access to wood fuels for cooking must be considered when formulating policy to deal with food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa, according to researchers who advocate expanding the effort to improve wood-fuel systems and make ...
Environment
Feb 27, 2018
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The world has made tremendous progress in bridging the gap between water supply and demand. But there's a long way still to go. In a 2017 joint monitoring report UNICEF and the World Health Organisation noted that more than ...
Environment
Feb 19, 2018
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For city dwellers, especially those in the developed world, the idea of being bitten by a venomous snake seems outlandish. But it is a daily and very real risk for millions around the world – and that includes many people ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 5, 2018
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The first clinical study of a low-cost, hand-held jaundice detector invented by Rice University students couldn't have come at a better time for NEST360°, an international team of scientists, doctors and global health experts ...
Engineering
Dec 4, 2017
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Government shutdowns of the internet have cost sub-Saharan Africa about $237 million since 2015, according to a study released Friday, as authorities increasingly implement planned disruptions.
Internet
Sep 29, 2017
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The scientific community has been working on the possibility of a relationship between periods of drought and rioting for several years. The University of Geneva (UNIGE), operating in partnership with the universities of ...
Environment
Sep 26, 2017
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Mosquitoes are brilliant at two things – bringing misery to humans and quickly spoiling all efforts to shut them down.
Ecology
Sep 18, 2017
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Nigeria is regarded as a hot country. Average maximum temperature can reach 38℃ - one of the hottest in sub Saharan Africa. In the last few years extreme heat and intense heatwaves have become a common experience in both ...
Environment
Aug 21, 2017
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Rising carbon dioxide levels from global warming will drastically reduce the amount of protein in staple crops like rice and wheat, leaving vulnerable populations at risk of growth stunting and early death, experts warned ...
Environment
Aug 2, 2017
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Little is known about Africa's elusive aardvarks, but new research says they are vulnerable to climate change like many other species.
Environment
Jul 31, 2017
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