During the exceptionally warm Arctic summer of 2019, Greenland lost 600 billion tons of ice, enough to raise global sea levels by 2.2 millimeters in two months.

There’s no shortage of ideas for solutions to the climate crisis.

Across the globe, tree cover loss hit record highs from 2016-2018, with roughly the size of a soccer field lost each second. In 2018 alone, the area of tree cover loss was larger than the UK.

As the reality of a changing climate becomes irrefutable and extreme weather phenomena occur around the world with more regularity, the looming question for all of us is; what comes next?

Following a cloudy, rainy spell during the weekend and early this week, the next few days will be mostly sunny and dry, with current indications of the first widespread wetter conditions only by next week.

Outbreaks of insect pests and insect invasions are on the rise on the African continent.