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Satellite dishes deployed in a wooded field in Russia
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Uganda Advances Toward Launching Its First Satellite

by H. Mafaranga 1 July 202114 April 2022

A new ground station and an expanded education network will lead to the launch of a security and Earth observation satellite in 2022.

A man raises a red flag, signaling severe weather, on the shores of Lake Victoria.
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Forecasters Navigate a Highway to Success Around Lake Victoria

by Munyaradzi Makoni 13 May 202122 November 2021

An early-warning system establishes international networks to help communities manage severe weather on Africa’s largest lake.

Kinshasa and Brazzaville, two capital cities in Africa located on opposite banks of the Congo River
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Cheap Sensors Provide Missing Air Quality Data in African Cities

by Carolyn Wilke 11 May 202128 April 2022

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.

People stand atop debris from a huge slump landslide in Uganda.
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Landslides Mar the “Pearl of Africa”

by H. Mafaranga 19 April 202126 October 2021

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.

A line of controlled fire burns across a dry grassland in South Africa.
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Zooming In on Small Fires in Africa

by L. Supriya 2 April 202122 October 2021

By analyzing high-resolution satellite images, researchers found that fires burning in Africa were undercounted by as much as 80%.

Men and women collect water at a secured borehole in Moyale, Kenya.
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Scientists Map Africa’s Groundwater Recharge for the First Time

by Munyaradzi Makoni 1 April 202116 February 2022

The continent-wide survey provides an assessment of the resilience of groundwater resources.

Image of a volcanic lake at Ijen volcano in Indonesia
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Ancient, Acidic Lakes May Have Harbored Life

by R. Kemeny 30 March 202125 March 2022

A new analysis of South African sediments hints that acidic lakes may have leached minerals necessary for biotic life.

Aerial view Erta Ale volcano in Ethiopia
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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Especially for Continents

by L. L. Worthington, B. D. Shuck, A. Bécel, Z. C. Eilon and C. Lynner 24 March 202110 November 2021

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.

African women plant seedlings as part of the Great Green Wall.
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New Funding Fortifies Africa’s Great Green Wall

by Tim Hornyak 9 March 20215 October 2021

With increased investment and renewed interest, a project to halt land degradation across the Sahel aims to transform the landscape—and people’s lives.

Paleolimnologist Tumaini Kamulali takes core samples on Sweeney Lake in Minnesota.
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Why Aren’t There More Journal Papers by African Geoscientists?

by Andrew J. Wight 17 February 202128 September 2021

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.

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