‘Now our lives have changed’: Drop in coal burning is helping the African Sahel turn green after decades of drought

‘Now our lives have changed’: Drop in coal burning is helping the African Sahel turn green after decades of drought

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Near-extinct oryx are returning. Farms are succeeding as watering water reaches fields for the very first time in years. Farmers are even supporting brand-new trees on their land. When a byword for dry spell and starvation, the African Sahel area on the southern flank of the Sahara Desert now has more water than it has for years. Wells are filling as water level have actually increased by 13 feet or more in locations. Lake Chad, which was among Africa’s biggest stretches of water before shriveling throughout the dry spells, is recuperating.

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