How the uplift of East Africa shaped its ecosystems: Climate model simulations reveal Miocene landscape transformation

The uplift of East Africa during the Miocene epoch dramatically transformed the region's climate and ecosystems, promoting ...
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Gates Foundation Awards the Malaria Atlas Project $16 Million

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded $16 million to The Malaria Atlas Project (MAP), which houses the world’s largest malaria database. The MAP, which is based in Perth, Western Australia, uses ...
Travel + Leisure

There's So Much More to East Africa Than Its Wildlife — Like an Active Volcano and a Collapsed Caldera With a Pearly Blue Lake

Kenya and Tanzania, the East African countries most often chosen for safari, are justifiably famous for their wildlife. For many travelers, seeing the region’s dazzling animals — lions, elephants, ...
CNN

Catastrophic drought that’s pushed millions into crisis made 100 times more likely by climate change, analysis finds

The unrelenting drought that has devastated the Horn of Africa and left more than 20 million people facing acute food insecurity would not have been possible without climate change, a new analysis has ...
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Middle East & Africa Collection

Cultural capital cities, adventurous safari experiences and animal conservation — all in the new Middle East & Africa Collection by National Geographic Traveller (UK). ByThe Collection by National ...