A photographer documented in the effects of Global Warming in the sahara. More than a 3rd of our planet is made up of deserts and dry lands and that percentage is rising every year an additional 70000 square kilometers of fertile land tends to desert the main courses a deforestation over grazing on the over use of Water Resources all of which deplete the soil of essential minerals with temperatures set to rise over the coming decades the rate of desert if acacia is likely to speed up considerably more to scarcity is already a problem for 1000000000 people most of them in africa. The world risk index says the situation is particularly precarious in this the held region. Of. The lake chad in West Central Africa people here have lived from fish. And farming for thousands of years it appears the democrat at 1st glance. But one of the worlds biggest environmental catastrophes is unfolding here. 20 years ago the lake surface shrank by 90 percent and now Climate Change has brought extreme wea
12 right now right there on the edge of the fire line yoli joining us now live with her pictures and last we talked you goalie were just off of highway 12 theyre really road where are you now, and it looks like we still obviously some activity in the distance. Right right, i further down the legal road they saw a lot of fire trucks also saw some plans but theyve been asked i mean the firefighters have been doing such an awesome job. They were able to get this under control and im a leader road is definitely one of those roads were people were evacuated their homes along this road. And this is just like on the backside of one of the homes that was just up in flames, but theyre all out there just not that up pretty quick or in fact, im just going to walk down a little you can see another. A fire truck right out here and theyre really just trying to get. You know some of the flames that on behind these homes that are on the hillside. Because just right over here hold up for second. Theyre
While the president took off his mask when he returned to the white house from 3 days in hospital have been increasing number of infections in the building in recent days another close adviser to the president hopes picks tested positive last week shed been in close contact with most in the president s inner circle but all flouted c. D. C. Guidelines by not going into south korean team until testing negative. Press secretary kaley mcanany briefed reporters the day after hicks tested positive and this week she announced that she is infected along with a number of her and at least 3 journalists who work at the white house the list of those in the white house whove been infected include both the director of Oval Office Operations and President Campaign manager. The countrys top Infectious Disease expert is no longer in regular contact with the president and has not been consulted at all in recent days what went on in the white house you know i dont want to every time i Say Something thats
So excited for this weeks episode of africa well fos report comes from western africa to be more precise from ghana but fast lets take a look at other stories coming up over the next. We look at ought to help conservationists are trying to set great ground trying to. Help people. Are rebuilding their lives devastated. And a South African artist. Called just weve just. Inoculating see sounds weird doesnt it but with this method farmers can minimize the use of even organic fertilizer it is one of the several new eco friendly techniques that film was you know the gun running from mohamed and hes the train has explained the complex science in simple tums smallholder farmers who called taken up the courses say they yield have improved significantly. And. Given the northwestern part of ghana farmers mainly cultivate soybeans. Out in the field full hectares of land. 4 years ago for diluted part in a Training Session for Sustainable Agriculture since then have crop hilton the profits have incr
We will check with mike in just a little bit. Lets check in with kari right now, another spare the air alert. Yes, we do have that, as well as the high fire danger, as well as the heat advisory. A lot going on. I wanted to show you that red flag warning we were talking about. Not only now for the north bay hills but it has been expanded into parts of the east bay down to the Santa Cruz Mountains. So we have a lot of areas above 1,000 feet that will have very low humidity and very high winds and were going to see those winds really starting to pick up by tomorrow afternoon. Today its going to be hot and dry with temperatures much hotter than it was yesterday. Reaching 95 in san jose. 101 in livermore. And also 101 degrees today in ukiah. Im watching this as well as the winds, the humidity and the air quality. More on that coming up in a few minutes. For now, back to you. All right, kari. Well take you out to the roadways where traffic is moving smoothly through the area and green sensor