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El Nio and fighting leave 80 million in food crisis

2016-05-23 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

SciDevNet: Armed conflict and the droughts caused by the El Nio effect have left 80 million people around the world in acute food crisis this year, reveals a food security report. The report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Programme adds that a total of 240 million people are in food stress. This corresponds to level two on a five-level international classification of food insecurity; food crisis is level three and famine is level five....

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Across Africa, the worst food crisis since 1985 looms for 50 million

2016-05-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Harvest should be the time for celebrations, weddings and full bellies in southern Malawi. But Christopher Witimani, Lilian Matafle and their seven children and four grandchildren had nothing to celebrate last week as they picked their meagre maize crop. Last years drought, followed by erratic rains, hit the village of Nkhotakota hard. But this year the rains never came and, for a second year running, the family grain store is empty. If they manage their savings carefully and eat just one small...

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How southern Africa is coping with worst global food crisis for 25 years

2016-05-22 11:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Angola Drought is affecting 1.4 million people across seven of Angolas 18 provinces. Food prices have rocketed and acute malnutrition rates have doubled, with more than 95,000 children affected. Food insecurity is expected to worsen from July to the end of the year. Related: Where drought is the new normal: El Nio worsens food shortages in Malawi and Zimbabwe podcast Botswana Three years of drought have hit the countrys livestock and arable farming sectors hard. At least 50,000 people...

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Florida Dredging Would Cut Path Across Corals in Crisis

2016-05-20 13:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: As America's only barrier reefs bleach, dissolve and succumb to disease, experts worry that a $320 million plan to expand oil and cargo shipments through Florida's corals could worsen flooding and threaten ecosystems crucial to fisheries and tourism businesses. Transplanted staghorn coral providing habitat for fish in Florida. In addition to being one of the world's busiest cruise ship terminals, Port Everglades, which in greater Fort Lauderdale is a 45-minute drive north of Miami, is a critical...

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