Egypt needs more drinkable water – how windy coastal resorts could help: Egypt is facing a growing water crisis due to its arid climate, limited water resources, and rapidly increasing population. The country of 114 million people depends heavily on the longest river in the world, the Nile, for fresh water. But rising demand for …
Extreme weather in South Africa is disrupting tourism – research tracks the impact on coastal areas: South Africa has experienced some extreme weather events in recent months. These have included floods and an uncommon tornado in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, floods in the Eastern Cape and mid-latitude cyclones in the Western Cape. Kaitano Dube, a …
Traditional weather forecasts: expert shares 5 ways Africa’s coastal residents predict floods: In the Lapai Gwari community of Niger state, north central Nigeria, elders predict the weather by observing a large stone in the Chachanga River. The LapanGwagwan stone serves as a tool to determine the frequency of flooding and gauge the severity of rainfall. …
The climate crisis is making gender inequality in developing coastal communities worse: Across the world, women and men experience the impacts of the climate crisis in different ways. These are shaped by societal roles and responsibilities and result in widening inequalities between men and women. Sea-level rise, storm surges and high waves in coastal area …
Nigeria has a coastal litter problem: it’s time to clean up: Plastic waste washed up by the sea lies on the beach of the coastal city of St. Louis, Senegal. Lucia Weiß/picture alliance via Getty Images Bottles. Plastic bags. Surgical facemasks. These are just some of the 29,029 items we found along the 180km Araromi …
Coastal erosion is unstoppable – so how do we live with it?: Sophie Day, Author provided A record storm surge in 1953 devastated much of eastern England’s coast, prompting prolific investment in concrete sea walls, wooden groynes and other engineered structures designed to protect the coastline from erosion. These measures brought a reassuring sense of …
How coastal West Africa can stem the jihadist wave: Niger soldiers conduct a simulated mounted patrol. Eric Holman/Wikimedia Commons Jihadist conflicts are now a part of West Africa’s political makeup, as militant Islamist groups resist numerous campaigns to counter them. In 2021, three of the ten countries most affected by terrorism globally were Sahel countries …
Climate change: why we can’t rely on regrowing coastal habitats to offset carbon emissions: Akuditaputri/Shutterstock Removing several hundred billion tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere is now considered necessary to avert the worst effects of climate change. Using nature to help achieve that goal, by allowing habitats to regenerate, would seem to offer a win-win …
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Oil hazards aren’t the main worry of Nigeria’s coastal residents: toilets are: Adekunle Ajayi/Nur Photo via Getty Images. Nigeria’s coastal areas are known to present environmental hazards and risks. Oil exploration and exploitation is one source of these hazards. Oil spillage, gas flaring, air and water pollution and agricultural land contamination are serious problems in …
As sea levels rise, coastal megacities will need more than flood barriers: A new artificial wetland runs through the city of Ningbo, China. Wang961201 / shutterstock Many of the world’s poorest people live in regions most susceptible to flooding. In northeast India, some residents have been forced to rebuild their homes at least eight times …
How South Africa can get communities involved in conserving coastal and marine areas: Coast of Robberg marine protected area at the Robberg Peninsula, South Africa. Franz Aberham via GettyImages Protected areas, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, are clearly defined geographical spaces set aside to conserve nature, ecosystem services and cultural values. …
The Maldives is threatened by rising seas – but coastal development is causing even more pressing environmental issues: Coastal erosion and dwindling resources driven by tourism are some of the challenges facing the Maldives. Author provided As UN climate conference COP26 approaches, vulnerable nations are rightly highlighting how they are threatened by climate change. One …
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Coastal flooding could save atoll islands from rising seas – but only if their reefs remain healthy: big sea/Shutterstock Communities living on coral atoll islands, which rarely rise more than four metres above the surface of the sea, face a strange paradox. On the one hand, these islands are among the most sensitive to the …
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