China’s biggest river, the Yangtze, is drying up. In response, China is releasing water from the Three Gorges reservoir to ease its biggest drought in 50 years.

The Yangtze delta is being devastated by the drought. The delta supports 400 million people and 40% of China’s economic activity.

The scope of the environmental crisis is hard to [...]

Environmental problems in Africa are becoming overwhelming.

Lost in the constant news about bloody wars, civil strife, and unspeakable atrocities against civilians by rebel groups and soldiers, is the fact that Africa is facing an environmental disaster.

Some of the main issues are deforestation, air and water pollution, loss of soil and soil fertility, and a [...]