El Nino not climate change driving southern Africa drought: Study
A drought that pushed millions of people into hunger across southern Africa has been driven mostly by the El Niño weather pattern—not climate change, scientists said on Thursday.
A drought that pushed millions of people into hunger across southern Africa has been driven mostly by the El Niño weather pattern—not climate change, scientists said on Thursday.
Earth Sciences
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Environment
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Social Sciences
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Environment
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Ecology
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Environment
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An estimated 45 million people are threatened with hunger by a severe drought strangling wide stretches of southern Africa.
Environment
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Environment
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