As usual, there is a very large spatial component to the orientation of this summer's sea ice pack in the #Arctic.
There are particularly wide expanses of open water from the Beaufort to East Siberian Seas, which is actually the 2nd lowest extent on record for the current date!
To understand how giraffes are faring across Africa, conservation ecologists are studying how they interact with their habitats across vast geographic scales. @TheConversationUS reports "there are roughly 117,000 giraffes remaining in the wild, living in 21 African countries."
South Africa recently hosted a Brics summit, bringing attention to the potential impact on US-African relations. Christopher Isike offers insights on the pros and cons for the continent.