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Climate change is supercharging floods and droughts, new research shows

Grist

Looking at more than 1,000 drought and flood events around the globe from 2002 to 2021, researchers analyzed their size, duration, and severity. According to the study, the most severe event of the last two decades was the extreme rain that hit sub-Saharan Africa beginning in 2020.

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Mosquitos are moving to higher elevations — and so is malaria

Grist

Researchers have documented the insects making their homes in higher places that are typically too cool for them, from the tropical highlands of South America to the mountainous but populous regions of eastern Africa. Eighteen million doses of a new malaria vaccine are set to be distributed across Africa in the next two years.

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Climate change is supercharging floods and droughts, new research shows

Grist

Looking at more than 1,000 drought and flood events around the globe from 2002 to 2021, researchers analyzed their size, duration, and severity. According to the study, the most severe event of the last two decades was the extreme rain that hit sub-Saharan Africa beginning in 2020.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

In 1987, while in law school at Harvard, Cole traveled to South Africa on a Harvard Human Rights Fellowship and volunteered for the Centre for Applied Legal Studies at Wits University. An avid birder, he first went to South America to visit friends. It gave him energy to go after the big guys.”. Early Kivalina Lawsuit.

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A brief history of money

Low Impact

The gold that the Spanish stole from South America didn’t hang around in Spain for very long. When Europeans colonised Africa, they found it difficult to get Africans to work in their plantations if they already had small farms. The Great Settlement – foundation of the Bank of England. Lincoln was of course assassinated.