Environment & Climate Change
HumAngle’s Climate Desk researches, evaluates information about climate change, its characteristics, causes and impacts, and ways to mitigate it.
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Unofficial Displacement Camp Devastated By Early Rains In Nigeria’s Maiduguri
The year’s first significant downpour in Borno state, northeast Nigeria, has ruined the huts of displaced people in an unofficial…
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With Reusable Pads, A Pharmacist Is Tackling Period Poverty And Protecting The Environment
It began with an idea. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Kano, a state in Northwest Nigeria, Maryam Muhammed noticed how…
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As The Sea Surges In Southwest Nigeria, More Residents Are Getting Displaced
Alagbe Sobowale, a fisherman, was sleeping in his small room apartment in Ayetoro, Southwest Nigeria, around 2:30 p.m., when his…
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Nigerians Should Brace For More Flooding In 2023, Say Government
Nigeria’s authorities expect intense and widespread flooding during the rainy season this year. The warning comes as vulnerable communities are…
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Lack Of Food Grips Community In Northeast Nigeria In Flood Aftermath
Hassan Gagiyo Dumbari thought with the huge investment he made last year in his farm in Gashua, Northeast Nigeria, his…
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Government Blames Population For Deadly Cameroon Flood
A terrifying mudslide that slipped off the side of Mount Cameroon and flowed into the town of Buea, killing two…
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Sea Surges Drive Ondo Community From Homes, Oil Spills Ruin Businesses
After losing his first house to a sea surge in 2015, Oluwole Omope built another from his little earnings as…
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More Heat, New Inequities: The Poor At Greater Risk When Temperatures Climb
This time of year the weather in the northern part of Nigeria changes from the cool-dry harmattan to the hot…
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Conservationists Push Back Emerging Threats Against Yankari Wildlife
The loud crunching sound of dry leaves beneath boots suddenly went cold as the expedition came to a halt. A…
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Seeds Of Hope: How Tree Planting Is Making Kano Green
Dahir M. Hashim could vividly remember a time when Kurna, the place of his birth, was a lush and verdant…
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