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Legumes improve soil fertility, nutrition, cropping diversity and climate resilience, but their potential in Africa remains largely untapped. Poor seed systems, biotic and abiotic constraints, weak policy support, post-harvest losses and uneven research investment are cited as the main barriers. The argument calls for stronger investment and policy attention to unlock legumes' role in African food security.

Scientists are warning that a Kelvin wave, a large pulse of warm water moving along the equator toward the West Coast, could raise ocean levels along the California coast by as much as a foot. The phenomenon is being linked to developing warm ocean conditions and could worsen coastal erosion and flooding risks, prompting concern among climate and ocean researchers.

New research finds that seafloor topography influences global climate even in the absence of continents. Ocean-floor ridges, basins and other underwater features are shown to steer currents and heat distribution in ways that affect climate patterns worldwide. The finding underscores how underwater terrain, not just land masses, plays a role in regulating the planet's climate system.