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UN humanitarian chief: 10 million in Africa’s drought-stricken Sahel hungry, need help
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 21st, 2010
Canada Press: The United Nations said Tuesday that more than 10 million hungry people across Africa's drought-stricken Sahel region need help and appealed for $230 million for impoverished Niger, which has been hardest hit. Niger, one of the poorest countries in Africa, has been most severely affected, with more than 7 million people -- almost 50 per cent of the population -- suffering from a lack of food, U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes said. "The levels of food insecurity have begun to ...
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$6.6 million dedicated to Prairie provinces for climate change impact
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 21st, 2010
Leader Post: A $6.6-million program to help the Prairie provinces deal with the impact of climate change on water resources, forests and grasslands was announced at the University of Regina Tuesday. Ottawa and the governments of Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba will fund the three-year Prairie Regional Adaptation Collaborative program, which is part of the federal government's plan to help Canadians adapt to climate change. Natural Resources Canada will provide $3.3 million of the ...
Amazon drought raises research doubts
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 21st, 2010
Nature: A once-in-a-century drought struck much of the Amazon rainforest in 2005, reducing rainfall by 60–75% in some areas -- and giving scientists a window on to a future coloured by climate change. The drought foreshadowed the Amazon drying that many climate modellers expect to see in a warmer world. But five years on, a spate of research, including 13 papers published on 20 July in a special issue of the journal New Phytologist , shows that researchers are still grappling with the impact ...