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    End the drought in drought research

    EDITORIAL 17 September 2019 Policymakers battling water shortages and land degradation need independent scientific advice. The relationship between climate and dust storms is not well understood, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.Credit: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters A decade from now, up to 700 million people will be compelled to leave their homes because they […] More

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    African nations push UN to improve drought research

    NEWS 13 September 2019 Early-warning systems to identify areas at risk top countries’ wishlist. T. V. Padma Search for this author in: Left to right: UN desertification convention lead scientist Barron Orr; Ibrahim Thiaw, head of the convention secretariat; and science-committee chair Carl Fiati. Credit: IISD/ENB/Angeles Estrada Scientists from African countries are asking the United […] More

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    Algae-based water filters

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