The climate fiction movie The Day After Tomorrow, released in 2004, popularised the devastating effects of sudden climate change on planet Earth. The plot dramatises the consequences of a shut-down in ...

By the end of this century, parts of Africa could face heatwaves for 250-300 days a year, which will make it difficult for people to survive.

A "perfect storm" of climate change and cyclical La Niña weather patterns have been fuelling the catastrophic flooding ...

A switch from a humid to a dry climate has led the Eastern African Rift Zone to pull apart more freely, new research finds.

Climate change is no longer just about melting ice or hotter summers. It is also a financial problem. Droughts, floods, storms and heat waves damage crops, factories and infrastructure. At the same ...

Africa's coastlines are under growing threat as sea levels climb faster than ever, driven by decades of global warming caused ...

JOHANNESBURG -- Human-caused climate change worsened the recent torrential rains and floods which devastated parts of southern Africa, killing more than 100 people and displacing over 300 000, ...

With less water in the lakes, especially Lake Turkana, it has become easier for the great rift beneath to move.

New research published today in Nature warns climate change could substantially increase malaria burden in Africa over the ...

As religious sisters and others respond on the front lines, communities across Africa bear the cost of global delays on ...

President William Ruto on Monday convened a virtual Special Africa Leaders' Meeting on Climate Adaptation to rally support for scaled-up financing and coordinated action to strengthen climate ...