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A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has released ...
The map will divide the continent into squares that measure 90 metres x 90 metres — giving 100-times greater resolution than the best current maps of African soils, say scientists. Valuable update ...
A new map of nearly all of Africa shows exactly where the continent’s 1.3 billion people live, down to the meter, which could help everyone from local governments to aid organizations.
Africa is much bigger than you think. Traditional maps have downplayed the size of the continent in comparison to other parts of the world for hundreds of years.
We show that at the current rate of discovery it may take more than 150 years to visit every 100km x 100km area in Africa even once. And, our analysis suggests, one visit won’t be enough.
The Chinese map, covering more than 17 square metres, was produced in silk. It is thought to be a copy of a map sculpted into rock 20 or 30 years earlier. It is never been shown to the public before ...
Taking this information as whole, the current drought in eastern Africa is clearly unprecedented in recent decades. This is due mainly to the fact that below-average rainfall has fallen in four ...
The Downs And Ups Of Africa's Current COVID Surge. July 23, 2021 9:29 AM ET. By . Nurith Aizenman Enlarge this image. Residents wait to register at a mass vaccination site in Johannesburg on July 8.
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Fig 1 Map of Africa depicting the current contribution of knowledge on prostate cancer burden across 16 countries (gold) as described by Adeloye et al 20 and the provincial South African contribution ...
LAST month Kai Krause, a computer-graphics guru, caused a stir with a map entitled "The True Size of Africa", which showed the outlines of other countries crammed into the outline of the African ...