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6 recommended articles and videos in the "African Heat and Drought" category.
1.  In a Famed Game Park Near the Foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, the Animals Are Giving Up  

2022-12-22

Inside Climate News
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Photography by Larry C. Price This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. AMBOSELI, Kenya—A wildebeest has toppled into a ditch at the edge of a dusty track, its shoe-box-shaped head twisted upward, a single gaping chomp out of its flank. Isack Marembe and Kisha...

2.  African water conflict threatens security, health, and the environment  

2022-11-24

Alternet.org
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Water is a finite resource on our planet. We can only rely on what we have, which translates to about 2.5 percent of drinkable fresh water. Of that amount, only 0.4 percent currently exists in lakes, rivers, and moisture in the atmosphere. The strain of this limited supply grows by the day and as thi...

3.  ‘Life halts when a storm hits’: how a climate threat affects Cairo and Dubai  

2022-11-16

Climate crisis | The Guardian
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The frequency of these storms is said to be increasing, causing financial losses of $13bn annually, according to the World Bank

Asthma is quite prevalent in Egypt

Cairo is charming, yet hectic. Buildings hug each other tightly, almost to the point of suffocation

Dubai : All buildings, towers, venues, malls and offices are air conditioned

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4.  Climate crisis will have huge impact on Africa’s economies, study says  

2022-11-09

Climate crisis | The Guardian
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Climate crisis will have huge impact on Africa’s economies, study says
Nina Lakhani
4-5 minutes

African countries, which are the least responsible for the global climate crisis, face seeing their GDP growth rate fall by up to 64% by the end of the century, according to research – even if the world succeeds in limiting global heating to 1.5C

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5.  Analysis: Africa’s unreported extreme weather in 2022 and climate change  

2022-10-26

Carbon Brief
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16. Analysis: Africa’s unreported extreme weather in 2022 and climate change

2022-10-26

Carbon Brief
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From deadly floods in Nigeria to devastating drought in Somalia, Africa has faced a run... The post Analysis: Africa’s unreported extreme weather in 2022 and climate change appeared first on Carbon Brief

ClimateEmergency Africa

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6.  Extreme heat waves are stunting kids’ growth in West Africa, study finds  

2022-10-13

Yale Universities Climate Connections
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Heat waves can cause crop failures, worsen poverty, and increase disease prevalence. The post Extreme heat waves are stunting kids’ growth in West Africa, study finds appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

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