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and youths in rural areas use feature phones with small screens and slow download speeds to go online to chat with their friends on social media – especially Facebook. But few use the internet as a source of information to enhance the livelihoods of their families. The internet is becoming increasingly

and youths in rural areas use feature phones with small screens and slow download speeds to go online to chat with their friends on social media – especially Facebook. But few use the internet as a source of information to enhance the livelihoods of their families. The internet is becoming increasingly

....................................................................... 14 Results from the zonal analysis ............................................................................ 16 Zone 1: Semi-arid regions of Namibia and Botswana ........................................... 17 Zone 2: Hot desert regions of Namibia, Botswana and South

persist in the sky for hours. Information released: Contrails are formed when hot aircraft exhaust emissions mix with cool, moist ambient air in the upper troposphere. Traditional forecasting methods for predicting the presence of contrails have used the tephigram, a tool for plotting the atmospheric

and into early next week, although the southern half of the UK at least has a small chance of seeing a return of hotter weather should a renewed pulse of warm continental air develop.

in enough time for the PWSCG’s feedback to be incorporated into decision making. Summer 2018 Forecast Performance PAG was encouraged by the improvements seen in thunderstorm warning this summer. It recognised the very hot temperatures observed this summer were challenging for all models, but felt

to rainfall patterns and rising temperatures mean that many crops don’t grow as well as they used to. More and more people are moving away from the countryside into towns and cities, as they can no longer earn money growing crops. Encourage farmers to grow crops that can cope better with less water and hotter temperatures. What else would you suggest?

and pneumonia. “Simple precautions such as wrapping up warm when going outside, sleeping with the windows closed at night and having plenty of hot food and drinks throughout the day can help keep these risks at bay. “We’d also urge everyone to keep a friendly eye on older relatives, friends

hotter and drier conditions leading to reduced carbon uptake. Nevertheless, the long-term change is driven by human emissions.” CO2 measurements at Mauna Loa are taken by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, and also independently by NOAA. The future scenario limiting warming to 1.5°C long-term is the SSP1.1-9 scenario.

overall. The majority of August was unsettled and showery, though there was a drier spell later on during which it became hot especially in south-eastern areas. This summer was rather warmer than average. Apart from the first two days, much of June was relatively cool, but warm weather towards month