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Toddlers can name a few animals. Older kids group animals into categories (birds, fish). And teenagers can sketch a rough tree of life. But when 16 grown-up biologists—five of them affiliated with the ...

ABSTRACT: Climate change has severely impacted the coastal community livelihoods in Zanzibar. This study examines the coastal communities’ responses to the climate change impact in Nungwi, Matemwe, ...

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