Famine

Image: sun is setting over a city and hills (Hargeisa, Somalia)
Prolonged drought risks famine for millions in Somalia: ICRCNews

Prolonged drought risks famine for millions in Somalia: ICRC

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP Millions of people in Somalia are at risk of famine due to prolonged drought, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)…
SourceSourceMarch 3, 2026 Full article
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Why climate extremes mattered in the fall of the Tang dynastyClimate

Why climate extremes mattered in the fall of the Tang dynasty

Climate variability shaped agriculture, migration, and stability in the dynasty’s final century Summary: Climate change played a measurable role in the decline of the Tang…
SourceSourceJanuary 15, 2026 Full article
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Over 14 million people could die from US foreign aid cuts: studyNews

Over 14 million people could die from US foreign aid cuts: study

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk More than 14 million of the world's most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could die by…
SourceSourceJuly 1, 2025 Full article
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Disaster plant pathology: solutions to combat agricultural threats from disastersClimate

Disaster plant pathology: solutions to combat agricultural threats from disasters

By American Phytopathological Society An often-overlooked component of natural and human-driven disasters is their potential to affect plant health and thus food security at domestic…
SourceSourceAugust 7, 2024 Full article