"EUR 17322 Vegetation map of Central Africa, 1997." "Derived from NOAA AVHRR imagery." "A joint project between the Joint Research Centre and the European Space Agency was initiated in 1991 entitled ...

Changes of vegetation between humid and arid phases in North Africa. Vegetation zones are based on the minimum precipitation requirements of each vegetation type. Credit: Jani Närhi / University of ...

Africa exhibits some of the oldest species of vegetation on the planet, in rich variety and subject to harsh climatic extremes. Tall trees, creepers, carnivorous and giant plants dominate the tropical ...

DAKAR, Senegal — On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in their ...