For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...

One impact of climate change is increased tropical storms. The southeast of Africa experiences tropical cyclones - for ...

The Congo rainforest covers the very heart of Africa. From the crowded, competitive centre of the forest to the open edge of the Atlantic ocean, this is all about carving out space in a crowded world.

The Congo Basin spans 3.4 million square kilometres, making it almost six times the size of the UK, which measures around 242,000 square kilometres. It is also Africa’s biggest rainforest and ...