The Mazumbai Forest Reserve is a captivating location renowned for its research and tourism opportunities. Situated in the Bumbuli State of the Tanga Region, this forest has remained untouched since the German colonial era, approximately 1,800 years ago. Researchers, scientists, and tourists from various countries around the world flock to the Sokoine University of Agriculture...Read More

Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Such shifts can be natural, due to changes in the sun’s activity or large volcanic eruptions. But since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas. Burning fossil...Read More

The Paris summit failed to unlock real money for climate finance, potentially driving developing countries further into debt without boosting real climate solutions. Many people probably think about international climate meetings as a space to talk about carbon dioxide, renewable energy and coping with climate impacts. But the real challenge that underpins almost all questions...Read More

Many of the world’s largest aquatic food producers are highly vulnerable to human-induced environmental change – with some of the highest-risk countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa demonstrating the lowest capacity for adaptation – a landmark study has shown. Writing in the latest edition of The Current, Sonia Fernandez from UC Santa Barbara explains that the study shows that...Read More

Back in the woods of South Carolina’s Lowcountry, at a factory spread across thousands of acres near the Cooper River, a company called Nucor is trying to solve one of the thornier challenges of climate change: making steel with the least greenhouse gas pollution possible. Steel is a building block of modern society. It’s in...Read More