he has spent the last five months and much of his personal savings tracking the locust swarms and sending coordinates to the teams working to prevent a plague. now they call him ‘the locust man . the original migrant locust swarms came to kenya from the southern arabian peninsula. extreme weather conditions there allowed at least three generations of locusts to breed undetected. despite international efforts, months later, a new generation of kenyan born locusts hatched. now it s a race against time to stop them breeding another larger and more
albert took an extraordinary decision. he has spent the last five months and much of his personal savings tracking the locust swarms and sending coordinates to the teams working to prevent a plague. now they call him ‘the locust man . the original migrant locust swarms came to kenya from the southern arabian peninsula. extreme weather conditions there allowed at least three generations of locusts to breed undetected. despite international efforts, months later, a new generation of kenyan born locusts hatched.
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of many bombing raids in what became known as the battle of britain. but the raf‘s pilots managed to fight off the luftwaffe and defend these shores in their spitfires and hurricanes. it is the most famous plane from world war ii. it played a crucial role in the battle of britain. but what we didn t know until now was the role that a 13 year old girl played in its design. this new generation of fighter plane had originally been designed with just four machine guns. but this man, captain fred hill, a scientific officer in the air ministry, became convinced that four guns would not be enough. each plane needed eight. he faced stiff opposition. most thought eight guns would be too many, impossible to fit on the planes, but captain hill was convinced he was right, so he turned to an unlikely person for help his 13 year old
and defend the shawls in their spitfires and hurricane‘s. it is the most famous plane from world war ii. it played a crucial role in the battle of britain. but what we did not know until now was that the role that a 13 year old girl played in its design. this new generation of fighter planes had originally been designed with just four machine guns. but this man, captain fred hill, a scientific officer in the air ministry became convinced that four guns would not be enough. each plane needed eight. he faced stiff opposition and most thought that eight guns would be too many and impossible to fit on the plains. the captain hill was convinced he was right so he turned to an unlikely person or help this 13 year old daughter a talented mathematician. together, around the kitchen table, they worked through the night on complex calculations to