Mobile technology helps Sri Lanka cope with climate change
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Resource ID
4298
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Open
Contributed by
Maheshi Adams
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Yann Chemin weather climate change mobile weather
stations
Date
24 February 15
Country
Sri Lanka, South Asia, Latin America
Summary
Floods and landslides linked to climate change have battered parts of Sri Lanka in the past two years, disrupting food output, but scientists believe a new program to install low-cost weather stations based on open-source technology could help farmers adapt to increasingly wild weather.
New Mobile Weather Stations, made mainly from local parts, are starting to give farmers quick access to rainfall data, so they can better plan for floods or other extreme weather, Yann Chemin, a scientist leading the new initiative, said on Tuesday.
Source
Reuters
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