ICT Water and Climate Change: UON & IDRC Research Grants Project

How we know humans are causing a sixth mass extinction Gerardo Ceballos outlines his recent paper analysing whether the rate of modern extinctions caused by humans is higher than the natural extinction rate.

7 common traits of highly intelligent people Shana Lebowitz says there are certain qualities that nearly all super-smart people share.

Blog by Dilli Bhattarai on CBA9 visit: http://www.ictwcc.or.ke/water-and-soil-conservation-a-focus-for-community-based-adaptation-to-climate-change/ cc:.

ICTWCC » Innovative Application of ICTs in Addressing Water-related Impacts of Climate Change |... By Dilli on June 13, 2015 in Blogs 1 ‘This is how we water fruit-plants here. Soil is very dry, temperature is high, and water evaporates as it falls on the surface. Therefore, we fill up the plastic bottle and place it upside down planting it into the soil close with the plant making sure that t…

Blogs on CBA9 visit: by Lilliana Piedra. cc@EdithOfwona. http://www.ictwcc.or.ke/field-trip-cba9/

ICTWCC » Innovative Application of ICTs in Addressing Water-related Impacts of Climate Change |... By Lilliana Piedra Castro on June 12, 2015 in Blogs 0 0 During the CBA9, my field trip was in Machakos County. We visited Kenyan Agriculture & Livestock Research Organization (http://www.kalro.org/). They work on the implementation of measures to adapt to climate change…

Art of good communication. Edith Ofwona

How to give a science flash talk Djuke Veldhuis provides practical advice on engaging an audience with your research in just a few minutes.

Scientists should speak simply to other scientists, too By Ilissa Ocko The canonical rule of thumb for scientists speaking to nonscientists is to talk as if you were speaking to eighth graders, because a lay audience often has a basic, and certainly not...

4 ways the global economy is being transformed The authors outline the four powerful forces disrupting the global economy.

TODAY @ 5 pm - deadline for comments on draft & Assessment. Download the draft report and comment on it here: http://1.usa.gov/1wXH7uS.

The 16 most socially advanced countries in the world Matthew Speiser and Natasha Bertrand looks at the latest Social Progress Index, which measures progress through fulfillment of basic human needs.

Why students need to travel the world What we learn about our common humanity in our youthful travels is bound, one hopes, to translate into a sense of responsible global citizenship.

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Academic citation practices need to be modernized References should lead to full texts wherever possible