{"id":12884,"date":"2022-09-07T09:37:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T09:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=12884"},"modified":"2022-09-07T09:44:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T09:44:08","slug":"flood-african-climate-reporters-cautions-against-deforestation-environmental-degradation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=12884","title":{"rendered":"Flood: African climate reporters Cautions Against Deforestation, Environmental Degradation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Flood: African climate reporters Caution Against Deforestation, Environmental Degradation<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12886\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220907-WA0011-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220907-WA0011-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220907-WA0011-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220907-WA0011-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220907-WA0011-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220907-WA0011-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220907-WA0011-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220907-WA0011.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Zainab Tanimu<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A team of African climate reporters have drawn attention to the Increasing global temperatures which it said have recently led to significant, abnormal changes in weather patterns in many parts of the world.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It attributed largely human activities to the frequent and more intense flooding condition we are experiencing today.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Flooding is the environmental disaster that impacts more people than any other, say researchers.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12887\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220907-WA0012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220907-WA0012-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220907-WA0012-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220907-WA0012-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220907-WA0012-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220907-WA0012-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220907-WA0012-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220907-WA0012.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Indeed the climate change we face now, which is largely the result of human activities, is making extreme weather events more frequent and more intense.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Some of the examples that we are seeing more and more of, across the world, are erratic and heavy rainfall, floods, droughts and cyclones.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">As a measure, African climate reporters are calling for more campaigns against deforestation and environmental degradation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Instances of heavy rains and flooding have risen dramatically over the last decade, with some scientists finding the rise as high as 50% across the world. 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