'Now our lives have changed': Drop in coal burning is helping the African Sahel turn green after decades of drought
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'Now our lives have changed': Drop in coal burning is helping the African Sahel turn green after decades of drought
This article was originally published by Yale Environment 360.Near-extinct oryx are returning. Farms are prospering as irrigation water reaches fields for the first time in decades. Farmers are even nurturing new trees on their land. Once a byword for drought and famine, the African Sahel region on the southern flank of the Sahara Desert now has more water than it has for decades. Wells are filling as water tables have risen by 13 feet or more i…
The Sahel has been experiencing a marked return to rainfall for several years. If these torrential rains regularly cause deadly floods, they also help to recharge groundwater and bring life to certain areas of water, particularly Lake Chad. Researchers are now talking about the possibility of a new "wet era" in this region. [...] The Sahel article: after decades of drought, the region could enter a "wet era" appeared first on Chadinfos.
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