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In only nine years between 2010 and 2019, Africa has turned from being a net carbon sink, to being a net carbon source.

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Droughts have the potential to increase the spread of HIV for women living in rural parts of Africa, researchers at the University of Bristol have found.

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Conservation measures have successfully stopped declines in the African savanna elephant population across southern Africa, but the pattern varies locally, according to a new study.

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Researchers who have studied malaria for decades, hoping to find a cure, long thought they’d identified a type of blood that seemed to defend against the disease. But a new study published Dec. 5 in Cell Host & Microbe concludes that even some people with the protective blood type became infected. The question now is, “how?”

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Scientist to collaborate with South African researcher to test glass powder for antibacterial properties.

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Named after its habitat preference, Paroedura manongavato, from the Malagasy words “manonga” (to climb) and “vato” (rock), is a bouldering expert. Part of its “home range” is also very well-known to rock climbers for its massive granitic domes.

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Among the negative impacts of extreme weather events around the world is one that most people may not think of: an increase in child marriages.

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The attractiveness of new hydropower is decreasing fast, both due to the increasing economic competitiveness of solar panels and to the increasingly uncertain effects of climate change on river flows.

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A new study, published in Environmental Research Letters, finds that standalone solar photovoltaic irrigation systems have the potential to meet more than a third of the water needs for crops in small-scale farms across sub-Saharan Africa.