An £18bn project to connect Britain with a huge wind and solar farm in the Sahara through an undersea cable has been delayed by at least a year because of political ructions in Westminster.
The first detailed global map of river flow shows that more than half the world's rivers stop flowing for at least one day a year and many could run dry if climate change isn't addressed.
The Saharan dust plume is a supersized version of ones that cross the Atlantic all the time, ferrying particles that irritate lungs but also fertilize plant and ocean life.
Scottish adventurer Alice Morrison is setting out on a three-month, 2000km long expedition across the Sahara Desert in an effort to record the impact of the Earth heating up.
Scientists say the boundaries of Earth's largest hot desert have expanded by 10 percent since 1920, suggesting that other deserts might be growing, as well.
