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CHASING THE RAINS

The animals adapting to the challenge of climate change

It’s raining in Kenya. At last. But 5.4 million people are still in extreme jeopardy of food poverty, as for three years running the rains have failed.

For thousands of years this East African country relied on two regular rainy seasons – from March to May and then a shorter spell in October and November. But climate change has wreaked havoc with

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