Is Lake Chad still shrinking? The famous story, and what newer satellite work says
Lake Chad really did collapse in the droughts of the 1970s and 1980s. But a multi-satellite study found its extent has been stable for two decades and that it is not shrinking now - which is why the simple 'shrinking lake' story needs care.
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