Daily Nation Water from the world’s shrinking glaciers was responsible for almost a third of the rise in sea levels between 2003 and 2009, new research showed Thursday. A study published in the journal Science revealed that researchers had analyzed data gleaned from two NASA satellites as well as traditional ground measurements from glaciers around [...]
Estimates of climate change impacts are often characterized by large uncertainties that reflect ignorance of many physical, biological, and socio-economic processes, and which hamper efforts to anticipate and adapt to climate change. A key to reducing these uncertainties is improved understanding of the relative contributions of individual factors. We evaluated uncertainties for projections of climate [...]
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has launched a free course that aims to build understanding on how climate change effects agriculture and food security and practical steps that can be taken to minimize negative impacts. The course is available through online registration or via CD-Rom, and is aimed at policy makers [...]
By: Daily Nation Small-scale farmers affiliated to the Kenya Tea Development Authority have lost more than Sh1.3 billion due to frost attacks. The frost, which first occurred in December last year, destroyed several hectares of tea, subjecting farmers to heavy losses. KTDA group head of corporate affairs Charles Kimathi said counties where small scale-scale farmers [...]
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