* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. 17th June is the World Day against desertification. A good time to show how Ethiopian highland ...

Legends and rumors trail the elusive Queen of Sheba through the rock-hewn wonders and rugged hills of Ethiopia.

The highlands of Ethiopia are home to the majority of the country's population, the cooler climate serving as a natural buffer against malaria transmission. New data now show that increasing ...

In hot, dry areas of the world, collecting enough rainwater to grow crops can be difficult. Another potential source of water for collection, however, can be dew. Roots Up has designed a greenhouse to ...

A farmer ploughs his sorghum field to plant again after early rains failed. (Image courtesy: Ben Zaitchik) Sorghum yields in the Ethiopian highlands could decrease as intense El Niño events become ...

The slowdown in global warming that was observed at the end of last century was reflected by a decrease in malaria transmission in the Ethiopian highlands, according to a study led by the Barcelona ...

It is not easy to define the Ethiopian Highlands and to differentiate them from the lowlands. This paper represents an effort to define the Ethiopian Highlands and to assess the pressure from both ...

Coffee may be grown all around the tropics, writes Fiona Hesselden, but it originates in just one place: the 'coffee rainforests' of the Ethiopian highlands. We depend on the wild plants for new genes ...

Although past temperature variations in the tropics are of great importance to understanding the global climate system, little is known about their extent and chronological course. Researchers have ...

THIS PAST JANUARY, I drove from the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa to the country’s northern highlands with my mother and my cousin, a seasoned tour guide. I came to research locations where certain ...