Emissions from cars, lorries, planes and power stations causes 13,000 premature deaths in the UK each year, according to a new study by MIT researchers. The research team analyzed data from 2005, the most recent year for which information is available. They found that among the various sources of emissions in the country, car and [...]
Read the rest of this story »> Wildlife rangers have shot dead five suspected ivory poachers during a gun battle in western Kenya. Two rangers were hurt during the battle in West Pokot county, said officials from Kenya’s Wildlife Service (KWS). They said 50kg (110lb) of elephant tusks and AK-47 rifles were recovered. Kenya has recently taken a more aggressive stance [...]
Read the rest of this story »Scientists have made what they believe to be the first sighting of an adult white orca, or killer whale. The adult male, which they have nicknamed Iceberg, was spotted off the coast of Kamchatka in eastern Russia. It appears to be healthy and leading a normal life in its pod. White whales of various species [...]
Read the rest of this story »Scientists say the notoriously dry continent of Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater. They argue that the total volume of water in aquifers underground is 100 times the amount found on the surface. The team have produced the most detailed map yet of the scale and potential of this hidden resource. Writing [...]
Read the rest of this story »Some fishermen and fishmongers from Axim and its environs in the Nzema East Municipality of the Western Region have expressed deep worry over the sudden appearance and fast-breeding of strange weeds along the beaches and on high waters in the area. According to the seamen, these strange weeds, scientifically known as Algae Bloom, are obstructing [...]
Read the rest of this story »The entire world faces a very grim future, with its children being killed in hordes annually, as a result of increasingly poor and denigrating sanitation and the lack of access to good clean drinking water. Currently globally, 1.4 million children die every year from preventable diarrhoea and poor sanitation-related diseases alone. A new report [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Northern Ghana Non-Timber Traditional Forest Product, aimed at primarily developing trees and products that were not in use or under-utilized for timber purposes in the Northern parts of the country, was launched in Tamale on Tuesday. The project is targeting about 22 communities with 8,000 direct beneficiaries and is being implemented by Tree Aid [...]
Read the rest of this story »Zoomlion Ghana Limited in its bid to champion a clean, green and healthy environment has handed over twenty one (21) new waste management trucks and equipment to augment the fleet of the MMDAs in the Northern Region in order to deliver not just good but proper waste haulage and disposal. This short handing over ceremony [...]
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