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Posts Tagged ‘Ethiopia’
Climate Change, Politics, Jul 20th, 2010,
Six nations pledged to either go carbon neutral or low carbon at a meeting this past weekend in the Maldives. All are developing countries and most are low-lying island nations, which are particularly vulnerable to rising sea levels resulting from climate change. Though these countries contribute almost nothing to climate change, their commitments to cutting greenhouse gases are a strong political statement in the lead-up to the UN climate change meetings in November and December in Mexico. The government of the Maldives issued this statement, as quoted in an AFP report: Antigua and Barbuda, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, the Maldives, the…
Tags: carbon, change, climate, Costa Rica, countries, developing, emissions, Ethiopia, greenhouse, island, Maldives, nations, neutral, sea levels, vulnerable
Nature, Science & Technology, Weird Stuff, Jun 30th, 2010,
Scientists at the Royal Society – the UK’s national academy of science – have determined that the continent of Africa is literally splitting in two. According to Geologists, in 2005 a rift opened up in the Afar region of Ethiopia as a result of underground eruptions, which will eventually cause the horn of Africa to drift away and a new ocean to form. From a BBC News report: The sea will flood in and will start to create this new ocean. It will pull apart, sink down deeper and deeper and eventually… parts of southern Ethiopia, Somalia will drift off,…
Tags: Afar, Africa, Ethiopia, new, ocean, rift
Nature, Wildlife & Flora, Jun 5th, 2010,
When we think of Ethiopia, our thoughts most likely turn to those television commercials that encourage the adoption or donation to a poor, starving child and their families. While starvation and poverty are certainly troubling things, there is another issue this African country has faced over the years. Located on the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia is a home to many Threatened, Endangered, and Critically Endangered species. Over the years, these species have fallen in numbers, thanks to problems like: deforestation, civil war, pollution, and of course, poaching. One such animal is the Ethiopian Wolf, which has less than 500 survivors…
Tags: Africa, Baboon, brink of extinction, comeback, critically endangered, endangered species, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Wolf, Gelada, Horn of Africa, Ibex, Semien Mountains National Park, threatened, Walia
