Climate change could pose a major risk to cassava in Africa: study sets out what can be done now

Cassava is a starchy, tuberous root, introduced to sub-Saharan Africa by Portuguese traders centuries ago. It is a nutrition lifeboat for over 800 million people worldwide. Sub-saharan Africa ...
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Global Heating Accelerated Rapidly Over the Past Decade, a New Study Claims

This puts us on a collision course with the climate’s tipping points, said Stefan Rahmstorf, an author of the study and head ...

New ice core studies expand histories of greenhouse gases and ocean temperature to 3 million years

New analyses of ancient ice from Antarctica and the air contained inside it are extending the history of Earth's climate records and expanding researchers' understanding of how the planet has changed ...