Media coverage denies people with disability access to climate news -2
Access to climate change news is a challenge to persons with disabilities in Tanzania attributed to the absence of guidelines on climate adaptation, action and mitigation that specifically target this group of the society
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Climate scientist at #DMI.
Coordinator of PolarPortal (lots of up-to-date Arctic data) and ROPEWALK (huge Danish logbook digitization project together with @rigsarkivet).
#ClimateChange in the Arctic, in particular #Greenland and in Africa, in particular #Tanzania.
Modelling subsea #permafrost.
Conveying science to the public: #IKFF #IKlimaforskernesFodspor #BestilEnForsker
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and (occasionally) tooting in three languages.
This is because prolonged drought in Northern Tanzania, invasion of alien weeds and exotic human activities cause the Hadza’s natural food and water sources to rapidly diminish
NEW: Thousands of Maasai tribesmen near the Serengeti have been violently evicted by a coalition of Tanzanian state security forces and wealthy Arab tycoons who leverage carbon credit schemes to turn a profit.
More from our Editor-at-Large KC Cheng:
Floods may hit Tanzania and Kenya between March and May 2025
Seasonal rains that will precipitate between March and May 2025 will exceed 200 millimetres in Kenya, Tanzania and most parts of East Africa according to the latest weather predictions.
Wetter-than-normal conditions, that is heavy rains, are expected over most parts of Tanzania, eastern Uganda, eastern South Sudan, and western Ethiopia
https://tanzaniatimes.net/floods-to-hit-tanzania-and-kenya-between-march-and-may-2025/
Taarab from Tanzania and Kenya
https://amf.didiermary.fr/taarab-from-tanzania-and-kenya/
Taarab is a music genre popular in Tanzania and Kenya. Here, the singer is Bi Kidude, the Zanzibari star, the Queen of Taarab (RIP).
Her exact date of birth is unknown, much of her life story is uncorroborated, giving her an almost mythical status.
In interviews, she usually answers she’s 100 years old or more… […]
The lakeside town of Kigoma is a gateway from Tanzania to its neighbours, Zambia, the DRC and Burundi. Ships that sail across Lake Tanganyika form one of East Africa’s most important economic networks. But now, the two major boats, the MV Liemba (the oldest ferry in the world) and the MV Mwongozo are out of action. @thecontinent explains what that means for the people of one of Tanzania’s poorest regions.
#Tanzanite
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Photo by Thomas Uhlig
By #GeologicalWondersToo / Karen Kemp
#GeologyPage #Nature #Minerals #Crystals #Gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer #RockPorn
#crowdfunding post!
Valerian Sanga of Bongo Tech and Research Labs in #Tanzania is advancing global medical microscopy by working to manufacture the first medical-grade #OpenFlexure Microscope.
To address key challenges like cybersecurity for digital diagnostic tools, he’s pursuing a Master’s in Cybersecurity at the Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology.