Amazon-Andes Forests

Amazon-Andes Forests Falling Behind Rapid Climate Change

A sweeping four-decade study of more than 66,000 trees spanning 2,500 species across the Amazon-to-Andes elevational gradient has revealed alarming inertia. Tropical tree communities are not migrating upslope fast enough to keep pace with current warming, raising the risk of ecological collapse in some of the planet’s richest biodiversity zones. The research, published in the…

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Vice President of the 63rd Students’ Representative Council of University of Cape Coast, Miss Deborah Gyamfuah.

UCC SRC Vows Action on Rising Hostel Costs

The Vice President of the 63rd Students’ Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Deborah Gyamfuah, has reaffirmed the council’s commitment to working with university management and other stakeholders to address recent hikes in the cost of student accommodation on campus. Speaking in an interview, Ms. Gyamfuah outlined measures the current SRC…

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COMSSA Fest 2025: Communication as a Tool for Strengthening Democracy

The Communications and Media Studies Students’ Association of Ghana (COMSSA) has marked its 2025 annual festival with a seminar on the theme “The Role of Communication in Deepening Our Democracy” at the University of Education, Winneba. The event brought together lecturers, media professionals, policymakers, and students to reflect on how effective communication can strengthen democratic…

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New Broadcasting laws in Ghana

15 New Broadcasting Laws in the Works

The Minister for Communications, Digital Technology, and Innovation, Samuel Nartey George, has disclosed that the government is developing 15 new broadcasting laws to regulate and guide Ghana’s media industry. Speaking on Accra-based Joy FM on Tuesday, August 12, the minister said the legislative measures form part of the long-awaited Broadcasting Bill, which aims to streamline…

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fiji coastal villages

Fiji’s Coastal Villages Retreat Inland as Rising Seas Threaten Homes

Coastal communities in Fiji are increasingly being forced to abandon ancestral land as rising sea levels erode shorelines and overwhelm defences. In Muani, a village on Fiji’s southern island of Kadavu, residents are preparing to move uphill after seawalls and culverts failed to stop the encroaching ocean. The decision follows years of flooding, saltwater intrusion,…

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