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New atlas shows Africa`s vulnerable water resources in striking detail
The major challenges facing Africa`s water resources have been laid out in striking clarity in a new atlas compiled by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The Africa Water Atlas uses hundreds of `before and after` shots, detailed new maps and satellite images from 53 countries to show the problems facing Africa`s water supplies, such as the drying of Lake Chad and the erosion of the Nile Delta, as well as new, successful methods of conserving water. Some of the most arresting images in the Atlas, which was launched during Africa Water Week in Addis Ababa, include green clouds of eroded ... |
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Earth`s lakes are warming - NASA research of 167 large lakes worldwide
In the first comprehensive global survey of temperature trends in major lakes, NASA researchers determined Earth`s largest lakes have warmed during the past 25 years in response to climate change. Researchers Philipp Schneider and Simon Hook of NASA`s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, USA, used satellite data to measure the surface temperatures of 167 large lakes worldwide. They reported an average warming rate of 0.81 degrees Fahrenheit per decade, with some lakes warming as much as 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit per decade. The warming trend was global, and the greatest increases were in the ... |
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