The African Rift Lakes (ARL) Programme consolidates and integrates experiences and lessons gained through a number of ongoing and well-established programmes. The new programme consolidates elements ...
Research Director FRS-FNRS, Associate Professor at ULiège, Université de Liège One of the keys to predicting climate change is the modelling of how greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from natural ...
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 ...
A new study reassesses emissions of carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere from African lakes. While it was previously assumed that these lakes were significant carbon dioxide sources, it has ...
This image shows the stratification of Lake Kivu, with its lower, warmer waters separated from its higher, cooler waters. D. Bouffard and A Wuest / AR Fluid Mechanics 2019 Lake Kivu is one of Africa’s ...
In the 1960s, North central Africa’s Lake Chad was larger than the state of Vermont but is now smaller than Rhode Island. NASA-funded researchers using computer models and climate data now understand ...
Some stories sound made up until you see the evidence lined along the shore. In northern Tanzania, Lake Natron transforms ...
The chemistry of Lake Natron's water promotes quick crystallizing. Oct. 2, 2013— -- The Dead Sea may be one of the saltiest lakes on earth, but at least it doesn't turn animals to husks of their ...
A study conducted by researchers at the University of Liège (Belgium) has made it possible to assess for the first time the importance of CO2 and CH4 emissions from African lakes. Until now, ...