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The speed and volume of river flow shape the severity of cholera outbreaks, a Bangladeshi study has found.

Scientists have urged the UN's desertification convention to unite research on land degradation and so convince policymakers to take action.

Global warming may affect the central Pacific El Niño, increasing its occurrence and leading to severe droughts in India.

River deltas across the world are sinking, leaving millions of people exposed to the risk of severe flooding.

In a bizarre paradox, Himalayan glaciers expanded in size during a warm period 9,000 years ago, researchers have found.

Research that has enrichened understanding of the African monsoon will be extended for another decade.

A warning about the risk that freshwater in the Atlantic poses to the monsoon comes with a call for better climate modelling.

Cloud seeding to increase rainfall — proven to work in Australia — may not be the answer for all developing countries, warn scientists.

The International Council for Science is asking scientists to define the research agenda in global environmental change.

The United Arab Emirates is soon to send its first earth-observation satellite into space, and hopes the venture will boost its development.

An earthquake on Dominica could trigger massive rock slides, sending a tsunami racing towards Guadeloupe, says a new study.

Mangroves cut coastal deaths during cyclones — but their effectiveness during tsunamis is inconclusive, says a new study.

Extreme droughts have been common in West Africa over the last 3,000 years, scientists have found.

NASA has developed an improved cyclone prediction method that could plug data gaps and increase warning times in vulnerable regions.

The world could face a global water crisis if water isn't made a central consideration in decisions on challenges such as climate change.

A study of coral growth patterns has led researchers to predict a massive earthquake in the Indian Ocean in the next 30 years.

The tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean region in 2004 was not the first of its size, indicates research from two groups.

Sediment cores taken from Lake Tanganyika in East Africa reveal that local rainfall is influenced by climate change in the Northern Hemisphere.

Adverse wind conditions due to global warming will reduce the frequency of tropical cyclones, but may form stronger ones, researchers warn.

Glacier experts say climate change has caused north Peru's mountain glaciers to recede by 26 per cent in the last 33 years.