Category: Ecology
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Earth in Flux: Magnetic Shifts, Solar Storms, and What They Mean for Africa
Recent scientific updates reveal our planet is experiencing significant geophysical changes, from a wandering magnetic pole to intensified solar activity. While these events unfold over vast timescales, they have tangible effects on the technology and natural systems we depend on. 🧭 The Moving Magnetic North Pole The magnetic north pole is not fixed. Unlike the…
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Solar Storms and Africa: Understanding the Sun’s Recent Fury and Its Impact
The Sun, our life-giving star, has been unusually active. In recent weeks, a series of powerful solar eruptions have sent waves of charged particles toward Earth, triggering geomagnetic storms that have disrupted technology and painted skies with auroras. For Africa, this isn’t just distant space weather; it has already caused significant radio communication blackouts across…
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🏴🇬🇧 British-born zoologist Iain Douglas-Hamilton has died at age 83, his Save the Elephants group said in a statement.
Douglas-Hamilton was known for decades of conservation work, which included pioneering trackers and collaring to protect elephants against poaching. He died Monday in Kenya, the statement said Tuesday. “Iain was instrumental in exposing the ivory poaching crisis, documenting the destruction of over half of Africa’s elephants in a single decade, leading up to a crucial…
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🏴 The Deadliest Garden in the World: Inside England’s Poison Garden at Alnwick Castle
Tucked away behind imposing black steel gates in Northumberland, northern England, lies one of the most extraordinary—and dangerous—gardens in the world. Known as the Poison Garden, this botanical menace is home to nearly 100 deadly plants, each capable of harming or even killing humans. The Poison Garden is part of the magnificent Alnwick Castle estate,…
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🇹🇩 Chad Ends Partnership With Wildlife Protection Association Linked to Prince Harry
Chad cut ties with African Parks, a conservation NGO with Prince Harry on its board, citing “irreverent attitude” toward the government. The decision reflects the government’s commitment to strengthening national governance and ensuring transparency in the management of the country’s nature reserves, the government said in a statement. African Parks faces accusations of: increased poaching,insufficient…
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🇱🇷 Liberia: Security Forces Remove Over 2,000 from Sapo Park
Monrovia – Joint security forces have removed over 2,000 illegal occupants from the Sapo National Park in a crackdown on transnational crimes and regional insecurity. A report on “Operation Restore Hope IV,” seen by The DayLight, said the forces had full control over “Camp America,” one of the park’s 13 illegal settlements. It said soldiers…
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🇬🇷 A Warning from the North: Greece’s School Closures Highlight a Deepening Demographic Crisis
A stark sign hangs on the gates of over 750 schools across Greece. It’s not a notice for the summer holidays, but a permanent closure. The reason? A profound lack of children. This move, shuttering nearly 5% of the country’s educational institutions, is the latest and most visible symptom of a demographic disaster unfolding in…
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🇱🇷🇸🇱 US$3M Gola Forest Protection Project Launched
Initiative will also help to empower communities A major conservation initiative valued at over three million US dollars has been launched to protect the Gola National Park and strengthen community livelihoods along its fringes. The project, spearheaded by the Society for the Conservation of Nature Liberia (SCNL) in partnership with Conservation International (CI), is funded…
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🇷🇼Female gorillas in Rwanda recognise their companions even after years apart – study
Female mountain gorillas, which predominantly inhabit Rwanda, are able to recognise their female companions even after years of separation and actively seek them out when changing their resident group, according to a study by researchers from the University of Zurich, published by Royal Society Publishing. The researchers found that females avoided groups containing males from…
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