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UI alumnus leads NASA-funded biodiversity research in South Africa
A University of Ibadan alumnus and PhD scholar at the University of Buffalo, New York, Festus Adegbola, is charting a new course in Earth Systems Science.Recently awarded the Future Investigators in ...
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WMO report reveals urgent need for action against rising dust storms in Southern Africa
A new World Meteorological Organization report warns of the exacting toll that sand and dust storms are having on global health and economies. The report pinpoints South Africa’s West Coast as a dust ...
Africa’s freshwater ecosystems depend on little creatures like insects and snails: study maps overlooked species
Macroinvertebrates include snails and larvae of dragonflies, caddisflies, mayflies and stoneflies, among others. They can be ...
Africa's plants: A database project has recorded 65,000 species, and is still growing
The African Plant Database lists 65,000 species of flowering plants, ferns and conifers found on the African continent and ...
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The map of Africa by treaty - Archive.org
Although assistance is given towards this compilation from public funds on the ground of its general utility, it must be understood that it is not an official ...
South Africa Today on MSN6d
Agencies race to prevent new food crisis as locusts return to northern Africa
Swarms of desert locusts are moving across parts of North Africa following ideal breeding conditions in late 2024 and early ...