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Featured image: File photo for illustration. Floods in Ethiopia, 2006. Photo: Bob McCaffrey / Flickr under CC BY-SA 2.0 The UN reports that over 120,000 people have been displaced by flooding in Ethiopia this month. In a report of 20…
The end of cattle’s paradise: How diversion of land for ranches eroded food security in the Gambos calls on the Angolan government to immediately provide emergency food assistance to the communities facing hunger, declare a moratorium on land grants, and…
Three dogs in the Severn area have died of parvovirus in recent months, so Anne Arundel County health officials will offer free dog vaccinations on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Owners can bring their pets to the parking lot at the corner…
At least 22 people were killed in a landslide in Ethiopia after heavy rains pounded the southern region on Sunday. The disaster in Konta district, Dawro Zone, saw waves of mud destroy five homes, killing residents and animals, a local…
The sub-delegate of the Government in Almeria, Manuel de la Fuente , has toured on Tuesday the municipalities of the Almanzora region most affected by the floods and has seen ‘in situ’, accompanied by the mayors, the “huge damage caused…
Credit: Emily Baker Scientists have revealed what they think caused the mass stranding of hundreds of starfish on a beach in the South Hams. Witnesses say they saw “hundreds if not thousands” of dead starfish swept onto Slapton Sands in…
South Korea on Wednesday confirmed two additional cases of African swine fever near its border with North Korea despite heightened efforts to contain the epidemic that has wiped out pig populations across Asia. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural…
Taiwan has confirmed the country’s first case of the highly pathogenic H5N5 strain of avian influenza on a duck farm in Cishan District, Kaohsiung, Council of Agriculture (COA) Deputy Minister Huang Chin-cheng (黃金城) said Monday. The virus was identified Sept.…
Thousands of fish appeared dead yesterday in the riverbed of the Guadiana River as it passes through the municipality of Luciana (Ciudad Real) and environmental agents of the Community Board of Castilla-La Mancha investigate the causes, among which a possible…
A picturesque small river in the Chilterns has dried up, leaving hundreds of fish and shrimp dead, with experts and local action groups blaming climate change for reduced water levels. Alarming photographs show the waterless muddy bottom of the River…
