Seven more people have died as a result of the recent volcano eruption in eastern Congo, increasing the death toll to 22.
Environment
May 24, 2021
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A river of red-hot lava stopped Sunday on the edge of Goma, sparing the eastern DR Congo city from disaster after an overnight eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano sent thousands of terrified residents fleeing in panic.
Environment
May 23, 2021
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Scientists studying the impact of record heat and drought on intact African tropical rainforests were surprised by how resilient they were to the extreme conditions during the last major El Niño event.
Environment
May 17, 2021
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A new study in the journal Conservation Science and Practice finds that restaurants in urban areas in Central Africa play a key role in whether protected wildlife winds up on the menu.
Ecology
Mar 18, 2021
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A new study published in the journal Science Advances shows that Bantu-speaking communities in the Congo rainforest underwent a major population collapse from 1600 to 1400 years ago, probably due to a prolonged disease epidemic, ...
Archaeology
Feb 12, 2021
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Ninety-three years ago, a scientist trapped a mouse in a stream in Ethiopia. Of all the mice, rats, and gerbils in Africa, it stood out as the one most adapted for living in water, with water-resistant fur and long, broad ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 8, 2020
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A larger part of the Amazon rainforest than previously believed is at risk of crossing a tipping point at which it would become a savanna-type ecosystem, according to new research. The study, based on computer models and ...
Environment
Oct 5, 2020
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Mushroom-munching bonobos in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have introduced scientists to a new species of truffle.
Plants & Animals
Sep 22, 2020
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Researchers, who remotely videotaped a generation of wild chimpanzees learning to use tools, gain insights into how technology came to define human culture.
Plants & Animals
Aug 19, 2020
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Fires have spread across the majority of the landscape in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in this NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite image using the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) instrument ...
Environment
Jun 26, 2020
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