Obstacles facing Africa's young climate scientists

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作者
Dike, Victor Nnamdi [1 ,2 ]
Addi, Martin [3 ]
Andang'o, Hezron Awiti [4 ,5 ]
Attig, Bahar Faten [6 ,7 ]
Barimalala, Rondrotiana [8 ]
Diasso, Ulrich Jacques [9 ]
Du Plessis, Marcel [8 ,10 ]
Lamine, Salim [11 ]
Mongwe, Precious N. [8 ,10 ]
Zaroug, Modathir [12 ,13 ]
Ochanda, Valentine Khasenye [14 ,15 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Atmospher Phys, Int Ctr Climate & Environm Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
[2] Imo State Polytech Umuagwo, Energy Climate & Environm Sci Grp, Umuagwo Ohaji, Imo State, Nigeria
[3] Ghana Meteorol Agcy, Legon, Accra, Ghana
[4] Univ Nairobi, Dept Meteorol, Nairobi, Kenya
[5] Seychelles Meteorol Author, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles
[6] Univ Carthage, Polytech Sch Tunisia, La Marsa, Tunisia
[7] Natl Inst Appl Sci & Technol, Lab Mat Measurements & Applicat, Tunis, Tunisia
[8] Univ Cape Town, Dept Oceanog, Cape Town, South Africa
[9] Agence Natl Meteorol Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
[10] CSIR, Southern Ocean Carbon Climate Observ, Cape Town, South Africa
[11] Univ Bouira, Fac Sci Nat & Life & Earth Sci, Bouira, Algeria
[12] Univ Cape Town, Climate Syst Anal Grp, Cape Town, South Africa
[13] Univ Cape Town, African Climate & Dev Initiat, Cape Town, South Africa
[14] Univ Witwatersrand, Global Change & Sustainabil Inst, Johannesburg, South Africa
[15] Tech Univ Mombasa, Dept Environm, Mombasa, Kenya
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10.1038/s41558-018-0178-x
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Current and future climate change poses a substantial threat to the African continent. Young scientists are needed to advance Earth systems science on the continent, but they face significant challenges.
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页码:447 / 449
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