Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT launches project with Global Methane Hub to develop a decision support tool for grazing management to cut livestock emissions
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The Time2Graze project will develop and equip farmers in Latin America with tools that assess pasture availability to identify the optimal time to graze livestock
Supported by the Global Methane Hub, the Time2Graze project is co-led by the World Resources Institute (WRI), the Alliance Bioversity International and Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the National Agriculture Research Institute of Uruguay (INIA) and WWF.
While the initial focus for the Alliance is on Colombia and Brazil, the project aims to progressively expand its reach across tropical Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Precipitation δ¹⁸O provides important insights into the decadal variability of the East Asian monsoon. Using both isotope-enabled climate simulations and reconstructions, this study found a quasi-11-year cycle in precipitation δ¹⁸O (δ¹⁸Op) across the monsoon region. The cycle was driven by enhanced solar activity, which strengthens the Walker circulation and increases moisture transport from the equatorial Pacific. The results have suggested that the quasi-11-year δ18Op cycle primarily reflects shifts in moisture sources driven by solar activity. The findings were recently published in SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences.
African easterly waves, which directly impact communities in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas, are shown to intensify during La Niña, advancing our understanding of how these weather systems influence storm activity.