“It is perfect!” exclaims Anthony Kingi, a member of the Kenyan nonprofit Center for Justice Governance and Environmental Action (CJGEA). “Kenya doesn’t need it. However, if they must build it, I’m ...
Africa’s Great Lakes are experiencing a significant rise in water levels, a phenomenon that has captured the attention of scientists, environmentalists, and the global community. While Africa is often ...
The high ridges and alpine meadows of northern Peru’s Andes range are among the most spectacular landscapes on Earth. The mountains also are rich in gold, copper, and other minerals that have made ...
LAKE VICTORIA looks an inviting place for a quick dip. Don’t. Its waters are replete with tiny parasitic worms, called schistosomes, that drill through human skin and damage organs ranging from the ...
It is one of the world's most spectacular sights -- huge flocks or 'flamboyances' of flamingos around East Africa's lakes -- as seen in the film Out of Africa or David Attenborough's A Perfect Planet.
Patrick Ssebugere received funding from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Grant No. UGA-1185413-GF-E). Ashirafu Miiro acknowledges the African Water Resources Mobility Network (AWaRMN) for ...
The arid region sometimes develops lakes after heavy rain, hinting at how the desert may have once had a different climate. Reading time 2 minutes Behold Sebkha el Melah, an ephemeral lake in Algeria, ...
Africa's soda lakes are rising and it's decimating the cyanobacteria flamingos have evolved to eat, putting the species at risk of drastic declines if current trends continue. When you purchase ...
Huge pink flocks of millions of flamingos – flamboyances of flamingos – are one of nature’s great spectacles. But colleagues and I have uncovered worrying trends in the salty and highly-alkaline “soda ...
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