Two years of below-average rainfall have plunged Madagascar into drought, leaving tens of thousands of people facing near-famine conditions. A new analysis from an international network of scientists shows that despite assumptions, the drought was likely impacted very little by climate change. Instead, scientists found that natural climate variability combined with poverty, poor infrastructure and dependence on rain-fed agriculture were the main factors behind the food crisis there. The World’s Anna Kusmer reports.
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