Ethiopia https://refractor.io/tag/ethiopia/ Ethiopia en-AU Thu, 13 Oct 2016 20:40:51 GMT Climate change might turn Ethiopia into a food-exporting nation https://refractor.io/environment/climate-change-might-turn-ethiopia-into-a-food-exporting-nation/ The Blue Nile River Basin in Ethiopia might experience increased water flow as a result of climate change

Climate change is expected to wreak all kinds of havoc on future weather systems, with experts predicting greater and more frequent storms, hurricanes, droughts and floods. But even the darkest clouds have some silver lining, and a new study closely examining its effects on Ethiopia's Blue Nile Basin has uncovered exactly that in the form of projected increases in rainfall, which could spur greater crop yields and large-scale hydro-power projects in the region.

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]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 20:40:51 GMT https://refractor.io/environment/climate-change-might-turn-ethiopia-into-a-food-exporting-nation/ Nick Lavars