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Curious places in Niger
3 articles, each fact-checked and tied to a spot you can stand on.
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First Climate Refugees Were Cattle Herders6,000-year-old cattle bones from when the Sahara was green savanna dotted with lakes. These herders watched their grasslands slowly turn to sand over generations - one of history's first climate refugees.
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The Sahara's 20,000-Year PulseThe world's largest desert was lush savanna just 6,000 years ago. Lake sediment cores reveal this green-to-desert cycle happens every 20,000 years due to Earth's orbital wobble.
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Two Peoples, One Grave, 5,000 Years10,000-year-old lakeside cemetery where two completely different populations - separated by 5,000 years - buried their dead in the exact same spot. The lake kept drawing people back even as the climate shifted around them.
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