‘Bubble greenhouse’ to desalinate water and grow crops
Engineers from Murdoch University in Australia hope to build a prototype "bubble greenhouse" that could be used in arid areas as a low-tech way to turn saltwater into fresh water and grow food, says SciDevNet, a website devoted to international development.
Will timely weather forecasts alter farming practices?
An experiment in Rwanda is testing if farming communities will change their agricultural practice to cope with climate change if the government gives them timely weather forecasts, says the site SciDev.Net.