Researchers decipher the history and sensitivity of the largest tropical peatland in the Congo
Peatlands, like seas and oceans, sequester carbon from the atmosphere. They are considered to contain the largest terrestrial carbon stores. Plant remains, and thus carbon, that break down in areas covered with water are stored under oxygen-poor cond.....»»
Gold mining threatens "forest giraffe" in DR Congo
Gold mining in a Democratic Republic of Congo national park is threatening the okapi, a stripy-legged relative of the giraffe, civil society groups warned on Tuesday......»»
Rich nations to face climate pressure at pre-COP27 talks in DR Congo
Environment ministers from some 50 countries gather in DR Congo on Monday for the pre-COP27 climate talks, with rich countries expected to come under pressure to contribute more to fight global warming......»»
True size of the largest tropical peatland revealed
A new study has mapped the full scale of a vast region of peatland in the heart of the Congo Basin, revealing it to be 15% bigger than previously thought......»»
Switch Online’s latest retro games are better than you think
The anger over Nintendo Switch Online additions Pinball, Congo's Caper, and Rival Turf is misguided......»»
Satellites and surveys help count population to fill census gaps
Geographers at the University of Southampton have produced high resolution population maps of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) nearly 40 years after its last population and housing census. The study is the latest in a number aimed at suppor.....»»
Preventing sexual abuse in humanitarian settings "high priority": WHO chief
Preventing sexual abuse in humanitarian settings is a top priority for the World Health Organization, its chief insisted Friday, amid pressure from donors over an abuse scandal in the Democratic Republic of Congo......»»
DR Congo park fetes birth of endangered gorilla species
A lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species, was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo's famed Virunga National Park, authorities said......»»
Understanding cobalt’s human cost
After studying the impacts of mining cobalt -- a common ingredient in lithium-ion batteries -- on communities in Africa's Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an interdisciplinary team of researchers is calling for more data into how emerging tech.....»»
Breakthrough in fight on tick-borne CCHF virus is latest use of new strategy against diseases
Using the same approach they recently used to create effective vaccine candidates against COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), scientists are tackling another virus: the tick-borne Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF)......»»
Two mountain gorillas born in DR Congo"s Virunga park
Two new-born mountain gorillas have further boosted the endangered species' baby boom underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park, authorities have said......»»
Gabon is last bastion of endangered African forest elephants
Loss of habitat and poaching have made African forest elephants a critically endangered species. Yet the dense forests of sparsely populated Gabon in the Congo River Basin remain a "last stronghold" of the magnificent creatures, according to new rese.....»»
Famed gorilla dies at 35 in Congo park
A veteran gorilla descended from a celebrated forebear immortalised on a banknote has been found dead near a national park in the Demoratic Republic of Congo, the protected reserve announced on Monday......»»
Toddler dies of Ebola after 3 suspicious deaths in DRC; 148 contacts identified
Health officials are racing to limit the spread of the deadly disease. Enlarge / A World Health Organization worker decontaminates the house of a pastor who tested positive for Ebola in Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo. (credit: Gett.....»»
COVID-19 leads to African agricultural innovation
In a paper published in Advances in Food Security and Sustainability, researchers found that farmers in East Africa (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda) were able to better adapt to the impact of COVID-.....»»
New lava lake lets DR Congo volcano "breathe", experts say
The reappearance of a lava lake in the crater of the Nyiragongo volcano in eastern DR Congo is a good sign, experts said Sunday, four months after a major eruption killed 32 people......»»
Alphabet’s laser-Internet system has sent 700TB of data with 99.9% uptime
Alphabet is bridging the Congo River with a 20Gbps laser beam. A Project Taara transmitter. Google's parent company, Alphabet, is still experimenting.....»»
Alphabet’s Project Taara is beaming high-speed internet across the Congo River
The high speed wireless optical link technology Alphabet originally developed for its shuttered Loon balloon company is currently being used for another moonshot called Project Taara. Mariella Moon Contributor.....»»
Gorillas in our midst: DR Congo park fetes rare birth
DR Congo's Kahuzi-Biega National Park is celebrating the birth of an eastern lowland gorilla, one of the world's most endangered species......»»
Scientists in troubled DR Congo pursue research despite conflict, poverty
Time seems to stand still in the wood-panelled library, where students and researchers work in silence as a few visitors amble through the gardens and cloisters outside......»»