How Timbuktuâs Ancient Manuscripts Impact Africaâs Climate Map
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(Bloomberg) Weather station 61223 had been faithfully recording data on the temperature, wind and rainfall in the legendary city of Timbuktu for 115 years before March 30, 2012.
(Bloomberg) Weather station 61223 had been faithfully recording data on the temperature, wind and rainfall in the legendary city of Timbuktu for 115 years before March 30, 2012.
On that day, the station, a discreet concrete building by the airport, reported a maximum temperature of 105º Fahrenheit. Then, it went silent. On April 1, rebel Tuareg fighters under the multi-colored banners of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad surrounded and captured the area. Later, the jihadists of Ansar Dine followed, waving their black flag with the shahadaâthe Muslim declaration of faithâemblazoned in white. Soon, Sharia law was implemented acro
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Jade Cave has lived near the ocean since her family moved to Fiji, a small island in the South Pacific, when she was 6 years old.
âI was raised by a community of people whose history and culture are directly linked to the ocean,â Cave said. âIt was a fundamental aspect of the identity of the country that raised me.â
Now 17 and a resident of Cape Town, South Africa, Cave has continued to observe the impacts the ocean has on her life.
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“Man’s technology is changing the physical environment in ways which are not clearly understood,” reads the introduction to the piece, by pioneering climate scientist Gordon MacDonald. “The results could endanger man’s future on earth.”