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The World Agroforestry Congress held at the UN’s Africa headquarters in Nairobi (Kenya) has offered some tree-planting solutions which could help the African continent deal with climate change and also provide a long-term solution to the continent’s food scarcity problems.
Dennis Garrity, the Director General of the World Agroforestry Centre, highlighted some of the centre’s most recent research, which is designed to increase maize production in Africa by up to four times by planting trees that act as organic fertilizers.
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Daily Kos: Climate Change in Los Angeles Changing Rules of Fire
I’ve seen the glow of fires 10 miles away from my hillside, and I’ve watched burning embers dance above a firefighters’ command post and settle on that same hill. I’ve packed the essentials at 3 AM while the kids race their bikes past the Halloween-decorated lawns. I know that October is fire season.
This year, Los Angeles is burning in August, and it’s unnatural.
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