U.S. officials say they believe extremists linked to the Islamic State group were responsible for the attack about 200 kilometers 120 miles north of Niger's capital, Niamey... READ MORE›
Fire at russia power plant leaves 300,000 people without light, heat... READ MORE›
Kadi Bah saw people starving in the Sahara desert and drowning in the Mediterranean during her failed six-month odyssey to reach Europe... READ MORE›
Its atmosphere is estimated to have a temperature of a scorching 2,000 degrees Celsius... READ MORE›
Asia glaciers face massive melt from global warming even if 1.5-degree Paris target is met study... READ MORE›
Kraaijenbrink acknowledged that a scenario in which global warming remains under 1.5 degrees Celsius is optimistic... READ MORE›
Togolese president, Faure Gnassingbe, has requested the cancellation of an Israeli-Africa summit scheduled for next month in the West African country, the Associated Press reports... READ MORE›
Hotter than normal outdoors temperatures likely accounted for most of the extra deaths in 2015, Robertson said... READ MORE›
Teams of two to three people representing Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sierra Leone and Liberia competed for the title... READ MORE›
According to Niger's government, the rains have killed at least 44 people in Niamey and other parts of the West African country since June... READ MORE›
Coffee plants ideally need mild temperatures between 15 to 26 degrees Celsius to thrive... READ MORE›
Land measurements are important because we live on land, said NOAA climate scientist Jake Crouch... READ MORE›
Can a splash of gray pavement paint help combat global warming?... READ MORE›
He said at least 20 other people were injured in the attack on the Aziz Istanbul restaurant, a spot popular with foreigners in the capital, Ouagadougou... READ MORE›
The high temperatures came as a shock to Australian Mira Balic, who was visiting Serbia at a time when it's winter in the Southern Hemisphere... READ MORE›
A photo of Stephen McGown's mother, Beverley McGown, is shown in the program for her funeral after she died in May... READ MORE›
Among the African contingent that ranked behind Benin and Liberia were Nigeria 25, Mozambique 29, Mali 30, Zambia 32, Sierra Leone 37, Cameroon 43, and Equatorial Guinea 50 ... READ MORE›
The leaders of Guinea and Mauritania headed for The Gambia on Friday for talks with Jammeh ahead of a deadline for him to leave power... READ MORE›
West African leaders are in The Gambia to try to persuade Yahya Jammeh to cede power to his elected successor... READ MORE›
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh is refusing to step down despite the threat of military intervention by neighbouring states... READ MORE›
Earlier this month, seeds stored inside the so-called Doomsday Vault were withdrawn for the first time... READ MORE›
Anyone arriving from affected West African countries without having had confirmed contact with Ebola victims will be subject to monitoring by public health officials... READ MORE›
West African heads of state to arrive in Banjul to ask President Jammeh to step down, according to Senegalese official... READ MORE›
Abby Haglage in the Daily Beast says Dr Spencer's case could affect Ebola patients worldwide - by deterring would-be volunteers from travelling to West Africa to help... READ MORE›
Because of climate change, the occurrence and impact of extreme events has risen, WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said in a statement... READ MORE›
The Pakistan Rangers Sindh, a paramilitary force that otherwise fights crime in Karachi, has set up 10 heatstroke relief centers across the city... READ MORE›
Bob Geldof and Midge Ure launch Band Aid 30 to help fight Ebola in west Africa... READ MORE›
Ebola crisis canada visa ban hits west africa states... READ MORE›
The 2 degree mark is considered the point of no return for catastrophic effects of global warming... READ MORE›
The past nine months have set temperature records for their respective months and the trend continued this month to make 10 in a row, according to Nasa... READ MORE›
Framework Convention on Climate Change said in a statement... READ MORE›
The attention paid to the temperature reading in Pakistan highlights how interest in heat records is growing across Asia alongside rising awareness of climate change... READ MORE›
Lion numbers are in steep decline across Africa, but trophy hunting is only partly responsible for the long-term losses, say conservationists... READ MORE›
Burkina Faso hotel attack leaves 6 Canadians from Quebec dead... READ MORE›
Burkina faso security forces attack hostage-takers at hotel... READ MORE›
Bhubaneswar has recorded temperatures above 40C for some time now... READ MORE›
As many as 2,000 migrants leave Agadez weekly, the last big stop before reaching Libya, 620 miles away across the scorching sand... READ MORE›
The state-run Anadolu news agency reported that even the Bosphorus Strait running through Turkey's largest city was closed with ferries being halted... READ MORE›
Of the West African countries hit by the 11-month outbreak, Liberia has seen the most deaths... READ MORE›
How is it that Nigeria's military, which has a good record across west Africa, cannot claim back to 14 out of 774 local governorates from Boko Haram?... READ MORE›
Winner of presidential vote heads to Bamako as last-ditch regional attempts to persuade Yahya Jammeh to step down fail... READ MORE›
It seeks to limit rising temperatures to within 2 degrees Celsius 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit compared to pre-industrial levels through the year 2100... READ MORE›
India's former record high was 60 years ago, when temperatures reached 123 degrees Fahrenheit in Alwar, also a city in Rajasthan... READ MORE›
British holidaymakers in Gambia were warned to be on alert today amid warnings that the west African nation was facing a potentially violent military coup... READ MORE›
Was forced to cancel 50 flights so far this week--43 of them on Tuesday--from its Phoenix hub because the forecast high is 120 degrees Fahrenheit 49 degrees Celsius ... READ MORE›
Nigerian officials say that while they welcome the Power Africa initiative, they have only had conversations about potential projects... READ MORE›
A proposed fully air-conditioned venue for the 2022 World Cup, the Khalifa International Stadium has been completed... READ MORE›
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