Physical geography
Weather Apart: Romantic Moments Under Siege
Long-term climate change is increasing the intensity and frequency of extreme weather and climate events. In Ghana,...
Increase In Atmospheric Heat Caused By Cloud Formation
Atmospheric heat in the southern part of the country has increased as a result of cloud formation. “The south is now...
Accra Flash Flood Forecasting App
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) last year, launched a free flood forecasting app known as the...
W/R: Anlo Beach Residents Call For Immediate Relocation From Tidal Wave
Inhabitants of Anlo beach in the Shama District of the Western Region want urgent intervention that would ensure their...
Lightning Kills 21 As India Reels From Floods
Lightning killed 21 people in eastern India as large swathes of the country reel under the worst floods in years that...
High Risk of ‘unprecedented’ Winter Downpours
There’s an increased risk of “unprecedented” winter downpours such as those that caused extensive flooding in...
MH370 Search Reveals Hidden Undersea World
The painstaking search for missing flight MH370 has uncovered a previously unknown undersea world of volcanoes, deep...
Risky Business For Fish In Oil-Polluted Reef Waters
Coral reef fish are more likely to engage in risky behaviour and be unable to identify predators if they swim in waters...
World’s Northernmost Coral Reef In Japan Bleached
Bleaching has damaged the world's northernmost coral reef in Japan, a researcher said Tuesday, the latest example of a...
Thousands More Canadians On Evacuation Alert As Wildfires Spread
Thousands more Canadians were warned Monday they could face evacuation under threat of huge forest fires that have...
Eight Dead, Several Missing In Arizona Flash-Flooding
Flash flooding that swept over a swimming hole near Payson, Arizona has left at least eight people dead with several...
Canada Fires Drive Thousands More Out of Their Homes
Thousands of people fled their homes in western Canada over the weekend as strong winds fanned forest fires that have...
Cook Islands Creates Huge Pacific Ocean Marine Reserve
The Cook Islands has created one of the world's largest marine sanctuaries, protecting a vast swathe of the Pacific...
ADB Warns Climate Change ‘disastrous’ For Asia
A business-as-usual approach to climate change will be "disastrous" for Asia, undoing much of the phenomenal economic...
Rising Temperatures Spell Plane Take-Off Woes
Rising temperatures due to global warming will make it harder for aircraft to take off in coming decades, a US study...
Trillion-Tonne Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica
An iceberg the size of Delaware, one of the largest on record, was set adrift after snapping off a West Antarctic ice...
Floods, Bad Roads and Collapsing Bridges; Kumasi’s Broad Day Nightmare
Just a couple of years ago, people living in Kumasi would have had a troll at residents of Accra for the perennial...
Dutch Researchers Reveal Plans For Mile-Wide ‘floating Islands’
Made up of 87 floating triangles of different sizes, the huge, flexible island made of concrete or steel would...
Warmer Arctic Harms Crops In US, Canada
Exceptionally warm years in the Arctic have provoked extra-cold winters and springs further to the south, decreasing...