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Saharan dust is important for ecological protection and climate change
As iron-laden dust moved farther away from the Sahara, atmospheric reactions made iron increasingly accessible to support life.
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Articles about Sahel
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Green wall helps Africa cope with desertification
African countries aim to plant trees into a wall nearly 8,050 km long that runs across the entire continent, forming a natural barrier to prevent the Sahara desert from…
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Strange tribe where men wear skirts to rob their wives and beauty pageants
All the men of the Wodaabe tribe held mirrors with them. They are the most arrogant tribe in the world and consider themselves the most handsome people in the world.
Biology
Miracle fonio: A solution to the future food security problem
The cereal has a flavorful blend of couscous seeds (a grain of rice seeds, popular in African and Middle Eastern countries) and taste of the match.
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Will Sahara Desert be revived by climate change?
Archaeologists and scientists have hypothesized about 12,000 years ago, the Sahara has a rich, green beauty, not an arid desert.
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10 worst droughts around the world
In the history of the world, so many horrible droughts occur, causing rivers, trees to die, and people falling into tragedies.