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Japanese airbag protects homes from earthquakes – video
Japanese airbag protects homes from earthquakes – video
Japanese technology firm Air Danshin has devised an airbag system that can raise a house 3cm off the ground to protect it from earthquake tremors. Sensors detect when a quake starts and ends, and gently deflates the airbags afterwards. The first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan that killed more than 15,000 people last year is on 11 March
Japanese airbag protects homes from earthquakes – video
Agroecology offers blueprint for resilient farming in northern Ghana
Agroecology offers blueprint for resilient farming in northern Ghana
Farmers in Ghana’s Upper East region traditionally decided when to plant and harvest their crops in rhythm with regular rainfall cycles. But the rains now come at increasingly odd times, farmland is turning into desert, and farmers have been forced to endure temperatures high enough to melt tarmac. Amid these impacts, agroforestry is offering a […]
Agroecology offers blueprint for resilient farming in northern Ghana