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Environment : 2011 rewrote the record books
The ecologically tumultuous year saw record greenhouse gas emissions, melting Arctic sea ice, natural disasters and extreme weather – and the world’s second worst nuclear disaster. The year 2011 was another ecologically tumultuous year with greenhouse gases rise to record … Continue reading
Untapped crop data from Africa predicts corn peril if temperatures rise
A team led by a Stanford researcher has found a valuable, untapped resource in historical data from crop yield trials conducted across sub-Saharan Africa. Combined with weather records, they show that yield losses would occur across 65 percent of maize-growing … Continue reading
How Severe Can Climate Change Become?
Extreme megadrought in Afro-Asian region likely had consequences for Paleolithic cultures How severe can climate change become in a warming world? Worse than anything we’ve seen in written history, according to results of a study appearing this week in the journal … Continue reading
More Frequent Drought Likely in Eastern Africa
2011-01-28 USGS The increased frequency of drought observed in eastern Africa over the last 20 years is likely to continue as long as global temperatures continue to rise, according to new research published in Climate Dynamics. This poses increased risk … Continue reading
The Great Green Wall: African Farmers Beat Back Drought and Climate Change with Trees
2011-01-28 Mark Hertsgaard, Scientific American A quiet, green miracle has been growing in the Sahel Yacouba Sawadogo was not sure how old he was. With a hatchet slung over his shoulder, he strode through the woods and fields of his … Continue reading
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