A new ground station and an expanded education network will lead to the launch of a security and Earth observation satellite in 2022.
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Forecasters Navigate a Highway to Success Around Lake Victoria
An early-warning system establishes international networks to help communities manage severe weather on Africa’s largest lake.
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Cheap Sensors Provide Missing Air Quality Data in African Cities
Calibrated low-cost sensors in Kinshasa and Brazzaville provide new information on pollution and help scientists model a way to improve access to air quality data.
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Landslides Mar the “Pearl of Africa”
Behind Uganda’s lavish beauty, climate change has taken its toll: Death, destroyed properties, and displaced communities increase as above-normal rainfall floods the country.
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Zooming In on Small Fires in Africa
By analyzing high-resolution satellite images, researchers found that fires burning in Africa were undercounted by as much as 80%.
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Scientists Map Africa’s Groundwater Recharge for the First Time
The continent-wide survey provides an assessment of the resilience of groundwater resources.
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Ancient, Acidic Lakes May Have Harbored Life
A new analysis of South African sediments hints that acidic lakes may have leached minerals necessary for biotic life.
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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Especially for Continents
A decade-long research collaboration has revealed that the split between Africa and North America roughly 200 million years ago was more drawn out than previously thought.
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New Funding Fortifies Africa’s Great Green Wall
With increased investment and renewed interest, a project to halt land degradation across the Sahel aims to transform the landscape—and people’s lives.
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Why Aren’t There More Journal Papers by African Geoscientists?
Africa is a geoscientist’s dream. But new research shows that less than 4% of the world’s high-impact geoscience papers focus on Africa, and few of those have even one African author.