* Astronomy

Something strange is happening in the atmosphere above Africa and researchers have converged on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to discuss the phenomenon. The Africa Space Weather Workshop kicked off Nov. 12th with nearly 100 scientists and students in attendance.
The strange phenomenon that brings all these people together is the ion plume"a newly discovered form of space weather," says University of Colorado atmospheric scientist and Workshop co-organiser Tim Fuller-Rowell.

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