Source: ESA
SMOS satellite data, shows soil moisture in the Horn of Africa from April to mid-July 2011.
Image credits: CESBIO/ESA
Drought in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti is pushing tens of thousands of people from their homes as millions face food insecurity in a crisis visible from space. ESA’s SMOS satellite shows that the region’s soil is too dry to grow crops.(read more)






