"My mission is to change how the world monitors and understands drought and what drives it."
My Background(s)
Personal: One of my most formative memories of my childhood in Kenya is of a time in the mid-1970's when herdsmen in their thousands drove their drought-stricken cattle into the city. Whether they had decided to salvage something at market or to bring them to water, I was too young to know, but I vividly remember dusty herds of long-horned cattle...
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Science: In science there are precious few certainties. These are mine. For too many people around the world, their livelihoods depend on early warning of drought and their lives on early warning of famine. This early warning is too often stymied by a limited understanding of drought and its dynamics. To unlock significant improvements in this field...
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