Friday, April 17, 2009

West Africa faces 'megadroughts'

Severe droughts lasting centuries have happened often in West Africa's recent history, and another one is almost inevitable, researchers say.
Analysis of sediments in a Ghanaian lake shows the last of these "megadroughts" ended 250 years ago.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8003060.stm

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