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Researchers use lightning data to improve short-term rainfall forecast accuracy

Chinese researchers have improved the accuracy of short-term forecasts for convective rainfall using lightning data. Lightning is the result of strong convection. It can effectively indicate...
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Conservation

Lightning kills 18 elephants in India’s Assam

A herd of 18 wild Asiatic elephants were found dead in India’s eastern state of Assam, possibly because of a massive lightning strike, local...
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Ekuri women petition Cross River Assembly over logging impacts in community forest

Women from Ekuri in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State have petitioned the Cross River State House...
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WWF Africa marks 20 years of Earth Hour with call for renewed environmental action

WWF Africa has commemorated 20 years of Earth Hour, celebrating two decades of global and African-led action to protect...
Waste Management

10 key takeaways that explain the global waste crisis

Solid waste is one of the most visible by-products of human prosperity - and one of the most underestimated...

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Conservation

Ekuri women petition Cross River Assembly over logging impacts in community forest

Women from Ekuri in Akamkpa Local Government Area of...
Sustainable Devpt

WWF Africa marks 20 years of Earth Hour with call for renewed environmental action

WWF Africa has commemorated 20 years of Earth Hour,...