New strontium isotope map of Sub-Saharan Africa is a powerful tool for archaeology, forensics, and wildlife conservation. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 1, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases ...

UC Santa Cruz researchers unveiled a strontium isotope map of Sub-Saharan Africa, revolutionizing efforts to trace origins in archaeology, wildlife trafficking and human migration. This open-access ...

Reliance on groundwater in Sub-Saharan Africa is growing and expected to rise as surface water resource variability increases under climate change. Major questions remain about how groundwater will be ...

Virtually every kind of climate can be found in sub-Saharan Africa: substantial rain forests and lowlands. The great rivers—the Nile, Niger, Congo, Zambezi, and Limpopo are wonders to behold.

The research team’s methods, and a few demonstrations of the map’s capabilities, are published in the journal Nature Communications. The map is available for public use through open access. It is the ...