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1 dzień temu · The topography pushes the air upward before gravity pulls it back down, causing the air to oscillate up and down, according to NASA's Earth Observatory. When the air rises, it cools down, and ...
24 cze 2024 · In much of West Africa, subsidence—the lowering of the land surface itself—is often one of the biggest causes of urban coastal flooding, says Rafaël Almar, a geophysicist and oceanographer at...
7 lip 2024 · Rift valleys are found both on the continents and on the floor of ocean basins. In terms of the theory of plate tectonics, they occur in divergence zones, belts where two of the various lithospheric plates that make up the Earth’s surface are separating.
6 dni temu · Countries like Rwanda and Kenya have prioritized developing irrigated areas by gravity water systems from perennial streams and rivers in zones vulnerable to prolonged droughts. During heavy rains, many areas experience flooding resulting from bare grounds due to deforestation and little land cover.
18 cze 2024 · Reuters. How a crack in Kenya is splitting Africa in two. For many years, geologists have been aware of the tectonic plates moving apart along East Africa, but, in 2018, new evidence...
3 lip 2024 · The New Year's Day deal has caused outrage in Somalia. Tempers remain high in the Horn of Africa seven months after a New Year's Day deal saw the self-declared republic of Somaliland agree to...
5 dni temu · Africa, the second largest continent (after Asia), covering about one-fifth of the total land surface of Earth. The continent is bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the east by the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, and on the south by the mingling waters of the Atlantic and Indian oceans.
