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Scientists predict drier Horn of Africa as climate warms
2015-10-09 20:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Horn of Africa is becoming drier in step with global warming, researchers said on Friday, contradicting some climate models predicting rainier weather patterns in a region that has suffered frequent food crises linked to drought. A new study using a sediment core extracted from the Gulf of Aden found the East African region covering Somalia, Djibouti and Ethiopia has dried at an unusually fast rate over the past century. Lead author Jessica Tierney, an associate professor at the University...
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