Africa’s great ape sanctuaries are feeling the heat from climate change

In April 2024, above-average rainfall caused Kenya’s Ewaso Nyiro River to burst its banks, flooding the area and wreaking havoc for residents, including more than two dozen rescued chimpanzees at Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary. Recent research predicts that in the next three decades Africa’s apes will be increasingly affected by climate change, facing more extreme events…