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Lake Tanganyika s hurting

Lake Tanganyika s hurting rising temperature is adversely affecting fish and algae populations of a lake that is an important source of freshwater and food for East Africa. This is the finding of a study conducted by Catherine O'Reilly of Vassar College, usa; Andrew Cohen of the University of Arizona, usa; Simone Alin of the University of Washington, usa; Pierre-Denis Plisnier of the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium; and Brent McKee of Tulane University, usa.

They assert that climate change is harming lake Tanganyika's ecosystem