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For more details about the 2025 WASCAL-GERICS School and its modules, please see the flyer below. (La version française se trouve ci-dessous.)

We’re pleased to share a new open-access publication by NetCDA members in the Journal Critical Public Health: “Climate change, education, and malaria at African universities: a scoping review to assess education provision on the effects of climate change on malaria in...

We are pleased to share that Dr. Afua Amponsah Amankwah successfully defended her PhD thesis on 27th June 2025. Dr. Amankwah was a scholar in the WASCAL Doctoral Programme on Climate Change and Biodiversity at Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (Abidjan, Côte...

A recent publication by WASCAL doctoral researcher Aliou Gadiaga examines how urban residents in Abuja (Nigeria) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) respond to the impacts of climate change. The study, focuses on household-level adaptation and mitigation strategies related...

Join WASCAL on June 12 at 3pm CEST for expert insights on the role of climate services in resilience and decision-making. Full details available in the flyer below:...

Two of the Univeristy Würzburg NetCDA members (Dr. Michael Thiel, Dr. Insa Otte) had the opportunity to visit the Lamto Research Station, located in the forest–savanna transition zone of central Côte d’Ivoire. Established in the 1960s, Lamto is one of West...

Last week, two of our NetCDA members (Dr. Insa Otte and Dr. Michael Thiel) from the University of Würzburg had the opportunity to visit several research institutions in Côte d’Ivoire—both in Abidjan and at the Lamto Ecological Research Station. During this visit, they...

The NetCDA team had a productive and engaging day at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2025 (EGU25), participating in session EOS2.6: “Strengthening the European-African collaboration on Capacity Development in Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in...

Nature Communications, 2025

We are pleased to share a newly published open-access article in Nature Communications, co-authored by WASCAL student Wassila Ibrahim Seidou.

The paper provides a comprehensive overview of desiccation tolerance—an adaptation that allows organisms to survive extreme dehydration. By synthesizing current knowledge across evolutionary, ecological, physiological, and cellular levels, the authors propose a roadmap to improve research practices, fill key knowledge gaps, and encourage interdisciplinary collaboration.
With potential applications in agriculture, biotechnology, conservation, and health, the paper highlights the importance of coordinated efforts and standardized approaches in this emerging field.

🔗 Access the publication here:
Life on the dry side – Nature Communications

Congratulations to Wassila and the authoring team on their research!