When it comes to climate change, the Sahara Desert is one of the most vulnerable places on earth. Already one of the most extreme weather location on earth, the changes only exacerbate. Whether it is scorching the land, parching it dry to the center of the earth, or flooding it with a summer's monsoon that returns vegetation and save lives, you never know what will happen.
The Sahara acts as a paradox of climate change, wrote Britannica. You never know if the green desert will be a winner of climate warming in the long run. It is a land difficult for scientists to model.
"Out of Africa," as a movie was once titled? The war and droughts that have ravaged much of the continent -- not just the Sahara -- are reaping death and starvation. Our eyes must turn to that part of the world. As we live in our own comfort, we have need to consider the affairs of the poverty-stricken on the other side of the world.
(Index -- Climate change info)
No comments:
Post a Comment