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Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa need to diversify away from growing maize and switch to crops that are resilient to climate change and supply key micronutrients for the population, say researchers. Maize is a staple crop across the region where it is grown and consumed in vast quantities. Led by Dr Stewart Jennings from the University of Leeds, the study...
Climate change is pushing the world towards a series of “tipping points” which will see rapid and irreversible change across the natural and social worlds, say a group of leading experts. A tipping point occurs when a small change triggers an often rapid and irreversible transformation, and the effects can be positive or negative. Before a...
New and novel techniques in satellite analysis will be used by scientists at the University of Leeds to help farmers in Kenya respond to global warming and environmental degradation. As with many countries, Kenya struggles to feed itself, with an estimated 4.4 million people facing high levels of acute food insecurity. Global hunger is being...
Pioneering research will for the first time monitor how the creation of England’s biggest new native woodland could help stave off the worst effects of climate change, such as flooding. Over the course of the next 20 years or more, a team of scientists will be monitoring the site at Snaizeholme, near Hawes in North...
A consortium of universities, development agencies, and NGOs has developed the Climate REEFS project to advance socially equitable climate change adaptation for coastal communities that depend on coral reef resources in Indonesia and the Philippines. According to a World Bank report, an additional 68 to 135 million people could be pushed into poverty by 2030 because of...