Unraveling the mysteries of the world’s most critical rainforest
For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...
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Colonising Africa: What happened at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?
Belgium’s King Leopold also sent emissaries to secure recognition of the “International Congo Society”, an association formed to establish his personal control of the Congo Basin.
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Contamination threatens the last source of clean groundwater in west New Mexico
The toxic legacy of Cold War uranium mining and milling has shattered lives, destroyed homes and created a pollution problem for an entire region.
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A forest the size of Mexico could store twice as much carbon as was thought. That makes its conservation even more valuable
Much as sonar relies on sound pulses, and radar on radio pulses, lidar builds up a 3D-map by firing thousands ... such as the Amazon and the Congo Basin, dry forests like the Miombo are ...
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A forest the size of Mexico could store twice as much carbon as was thought. That makes its conservation even more valuable
Much as sonar relies on sound pulses, and radar on radio pulses, lidar builds up a 3D-map by firing thousands of laser pulses ... says that compared to rainforests such as the Amazon and the Congo ...
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No Way Out: A Hiker’s Journey Into The Maze
The Maze District of Canyonlands National Park is around 30-square miles of rugged, remote red-rock canyon, twisted into a ...
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Democratic Republic Of The Congo stock videos and footage
tracking to The Democratic Republic of Congo with National Flag Aerial view on a meandering jungle river in the Congo rainforest Aerial view of a meandering jungle river in the cloudy and dense ...
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Poisoning the well
Near the western New Mexico town of Grants, the toxic legacy of Cold War uranium mining and milling has shattered lives, ...
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More Than 50-per-cent Decline in Elephants in Eastern Congo Due to Human Conflict: UBC Research
Humans play a far greater role in the fate of African elephants than habitat, and human conflict in particular has a devastating impact on these largest terrestrial animals, according to a new ...
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Africa's huge new forest reserve that's so big it's the same size as France
Yet, in recent years, one critical forest has continued to shine as a beacon of hope in the battle against climate change – the Congo Basin. Now, with an ambitious new initiative in the ...
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What We Know So Far About the Mystery Illnesses Killing Dozens in Congo
which is home to about 60% of the forests in the Congo Basin, home to the largest expanse of tropical forest on earth. “All these viruses are viruses that have reservoirs in the forest.