Lake Chad isn’t shrinking — but climate change is causing other problems

Mongabay
Feb 28, 2025, 5:51 pm186 ptsTop
The communities around Lake Chad have always lived by its water rhythms. Now, as climate change impacts intensify, they must find new ways to adapt. The Lake Chad Basin lies in the Sahel, on the southern edge of the Sahara. The basin is enormous, covering 2.5 million square kilometers (965,255 square miles), or…

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