Together with 12 other colleagues from 13 institutions, across 8 countries and with different scientific backgrounds, we just completed an analysis on vulnerability of coastal African Heritage sites to climate change. Here we discuss our experience and the main outcomes of our efforts.

Rice systems face the dual challenge of producing more and being more efficient in the use of water, labor, nutrients, and pesticides. An article published in Nature Communications on Dec 9 assessed performance of 32 rice cropping systems, altogether accounting for 50% of global rice cropland.