Dust storms

A study sponsored by NOAA showed that dust carried by trade winds from Africa to the Caribbean are nothing—there's just more of it since 1970. Read more.

According to this article in the UK Guardian, dust from Africa may affect sea surface temperatures and therefore play a role in the formation of hurricanes. Tracking the collision of dust clouds and storms could be part of an early warning system. Read more.

Kilimanjaro

California magazine reporter Kate Cheney Davidson traveled to Tanzania to witness firsthand the retreat of one of the world's most famous glaciers. Read more.

For scientists who rely on data from Kilimanjaro's glaciers, time is running out. According to this National Geographic story, Kilimanjaro is the only source for tropical ice core records in all of Africa. Read more.

One scientist told the BBC that "Kilimanjaro is a mountain that defies expectations and shatters assumptions." Learn more about how Kilimanjaro keeps more than 11,000 years of the planet's history on ice—for now. Read more.

Tanganyika

Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania holds 18 percent of the world's freshwater, but the food chain of its waters is already disrupted because of a temperature surge. California magazine's Jori Lewis reports. Read more.

This article originally published by the Independent/UK explains that the lake's productivity has already been reduced by as much as 20 percent. Read more.