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‘Sand dams’ bank water for dry season in semi-arid Kenya
Posted by AlertNet: Isaiah Esipisu on February 20th, 2013
AlertNet: Barely a month after heavy rains pounded Kenya, many seasonal rivers in the country's semi-arid east are already drying up, and residents are preparing for the months-long dry season.
But some, like Paul Masila and other members of the Woni Wa Mbee self-help group, are not worried about the looming dry spell. Instead, they are preparing to plant crops or are harvesting fields they planted before the rains.
The group -- the name means "progressive vision' in Kamba, the local langage -- have...
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Arctic Ice Melt Disrupts Balance Of Greenhouse Gases
Posted by RedOrbit: Michael Harper on February 20th, 2013
RedOrbit: Last year, so much sea ice in the Arctic had melted away that it beat the prior record amount set in the summer of 2007. By the end of the 2012 summer, the Arctic Ocean had lost about 2.1 million square miles of ice, according to the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Colorado. Experts began to predict the kinds of trouble such a speedy and significant melt could have on the earth’s ecosystems as a whole. Now, one of these effects has already been seen.
According to research from...
No-till Farming Holds the Key to Food Security
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 20th, 2013
Inter Press Service: No-till farming is a response to climate change that fits well with the needs of the Caribbean: it increases the ability to capture water, while withstanding both drought and excessive rains, says expert Theodor Friedrich, representative of the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Cuba.
The Caribbean islands are in dire need of new techniques that can ensure food security amid the threats of climate change.
"I do not see why these islands cannot produce enough for their...