“The march of climate change could make civil wars much more likely, new research suggests, with models predicting nearly 400,000 extra deaths in African conflicts by 2030. “That suggests a study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the first comprehensive examination of the potential impact of global climate change on armed conflict in sub-Saharan Africa. It is based on data from 20 global warming models and a historical examination of the links between climate and conflict in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Warming increases the risk of civil war in Africa
Posted by Athena on December 4, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/warming-increases-the-risk-of-civil-war-in-africa/
The unique hydrological system of the Ounianga Basin in the heart of the Sahara Desert
This astronaut photograph ISS021-E-26475 taken by the Expedition 21 crew, was acquired on 14 November, 2009, and features one of the largest of a series of ten mostly fresh water lakes in the Ounianga Basin in the heart of the Sahara Desert of northeastern Chad. The lakes are the very last relics of the early Holocene Mega-Chad System (14,800 to 5,500 years ago), once the Earth’s major interior lake.
Posted by Athena on December 3, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/the-unique-hydrological-system-of-the-ounianga-basin-in-the-heart-of-the-sahara-desert/
Climate and Food Security Go Hand in Hand
Jay Naidoo is Chair of the Development Bank of Southern Africa and Chair of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition. In this Op-Ed in Khaleej Times on 1 December 2009, indicates the danger of food security and malnutrition, especially in developing and poorest countries due to climate change.
Posted by Athena on December 3, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/climate-and-food-security-go-hand-in-hand/
Severe drought in East Africa dries Kenya’s Ewaso Nyiro River
Severe drought gripped much of East Africa when the rainy season in March through June produced very little rain. At the end of the first rainy season of 2009, satellite observations revealed that plant growth—both crops and natural vegetation—across Kenya was significantly lower than normal, a harbinger of the unfolding disaster. The next rainy period should settle over Kenya in October and last through November or December.
Posted by Athena on October 21, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/severe-drought-in-east-africa-dries-kenya%e2%80%99s-ewaso-nyiro-river/
West Africa, Turkey, Philippines: Flooding and Climate Change
Burkina Faso, Turkey and Philippines have something in common. On September 2009, these three states hit by torrential rains that caused disastrous flooding, that killed hundreds of people and have displaced hundreds of thousands.
Posted by Athena on September 28, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/west-africa-turkey-philippines-flooding-and-climate-change/
Kenya: Everyone is feeling the stress.
The rains have failed for four consecutive years and on 80 percent of Kenya’s land area, water resources are at a tenth of their normal levels. Corps are dying. The harvest is 28 percent of normal amounts. It is estimated, [World Development Report (WDR) 2010], that ten million Kenyans were going hungry because of the drought.
Posted by Athena on September 17, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/kenya-everyone-is-feeling-the-stress/
Silence is the enemy
Sheril Kirshenbaum at The Intersection thought that we can do something, we can make a difference. She decided to do something, and “SILENCE IS THE ENEMY” is that something. She tries to draw attention to the plight of girls in Liberia, and elsewhere around the world. “Silence is the enemy” is a blogospheric awareness campaign to sa
Posted by Athena on June 5, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/silence-is-the-enemy/
Climate change report predicts more disasters for Mozambique
MAPUTO, May 25 (AFP) May 25, 2009 Mozambique, a country with long stretches of low-lying coast is already disaster-prone. Over the past three decades, natural disasters and epidemic diseases have increased and as the temperature rises, due to climate change, this trend is likely to worsen in the future. That is the prediction of [...]
Posted by Athena on May 25, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/climate-change-report-predicts-more-disasters-for-mozambique/
Stop mocking the Pope, says Vatican
He referred to the reactions by the media and bloggers to the comments the Pope Benedict did earlier this year, when during his first visit to Africa, he told journalists that the continent’s fight against AIDS is a problem that “cannot be overcome by the distribution of condoms: on the contrary, they increase it”.
Posted by Athena on March 31, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/stop-mocking-the-pope-says-vatican/
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