Northern Ice is Melting at a Dramatic Rate
The combination of declining Arctic ice and Greenland’s melting ice sheet are part of a troubling trend that cannot be ignored. As of June 2012, Arctic sea ice declined by 1.10 million square miles and as of July a total of 97 percent of Greenland’s ice sheet had melted. According to satellite images from NASA [...]
Tanzania: Human rights defenders to discuss on how to counter violence
Human rights defenders in Tanzania were in the hiding at the Kibaha Conference Centre in Kibaha to discuss how they should mitigate their working strategies following a wave of indecent attacks to them. The meeting which was conducted for three days was meant to assist human rights defenders (HRDs), to analyze a new wave of [...]
How Terry Jones can get away with it
Burning the holy books which are interconnected with the hearts and souls of millions of people around the world is one of the most heinous and dreadful actions which one can think of. After decades of bloodshed and bigotry in the two World Wars, Civil War in the United States and Crusades against Muslims in [...]
A Weak African Union for 53 Member States
2011 was a tumultuous year for the African continent with revolutions, attempted coups and violent political crises. Unfortunately the union of 53 African states that has as its mission to help strengthen regional peace and development has proved its own shortcomings in dealing with these situations. The African Union, created in 1999 after the dissolution [...]
Geoengineering: SPICE died. What Won’t?
The subject of geoengineering is complex, but this should not be the case for information-sharing about it. Geoengineering will remain confused and complicated, and even more, for most people if there are no information sources or encyclopedia-like sources for the subject. “What of several news-homes on geoengineering or institution reports on the subject” you may [...]
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