Water reserves in the Sahel region, home to more than 150 million people, are at their highest level in decades. In Niger, groundwater levels have risen by an average of 4 meters, Lake Chad is replenishing its waters, and wells are filling up again across much of the region.26 These observations, based in particular on the work of hydrogeologist Richard Taylor, run counter to the global trend. South Asia and the Americas have been exp…
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Water reserves in the Sahel region, home to more than 150 million people, are at their highest level in decades. In Niger, groundwater levels have risen by an average of 4 meters, Lake Chad is replenishing its waters, and wells are filling up again across much of the region.<sup>26</sup> These observations, based in particular on the work of hydrogeologist Richard Taylor, run counter to the global trend. South Asia and the Americas have been exp…