2026-07-27 03:21:56
'Warming has brought extreme rain to the parched Sahel, which is seeing aquifers refill as monsoons grow stronger. But heavier downpours alone cannot explain the groundwater revival, say hydrologists, who believe efforts to harvest rainfall may also be paying dividends.'
After Decades of Drought, Water Is Rising in the African Sahel - Yale E360
https://e360.yale.edu/features/sahel-groundwater-climate-monsoon
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Shallow groundwater storage in February 2003 and February 2025, as compared to the average from 1948 to 2012. Source: NASA Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment. NASA / Adapted by Yale Environment 360

