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...Colorado River (U.S.) and the segment of the Nile River that runs into the Mediterranean (Africa) are in terrible shape, due mostly to agricultural and industrial run-off, as well as increased rates of evaporation. On the bright(er) side, the relatively sheltered Amazon (South America) and Congo (sub-Saharan Africa) are looking pretty robust. For the moment, anyway...
...accept that there has been moderate warming, we turn to computer models to see if humans are to blame and what will happen to the earth's climate in the future. These models are complex because climate depends on thousands of things, from Antarctic sea ice to sub-Saharan soil conditions. While the electronic simulations are monuments to the ingenuity and perseverance of their creators, they provide us with, at best, a fuzzy view of the future. They have difficulty handling factors like clouds and ocean currents (two major influences on climate), and if you fed the climate...
...epidemic continues to rage, however, in South America, Eastern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. By the year 2025, AIDS will be by far the major killer of young Africans, decreasing life expectancy to as low as 40 years in some countries and singlehandedly erasing the public health gains of the past five decades...
...North America 890 18.7% 2. Latin America 1,400 7.7% 3. Caribbean 330 22.2% 4. Sub-Saharan Africa 22,500 60.7% 5. North Africa and Middle East 210 5.0% 6. Western Europe 500 -2.0% 7. Eastern Europe and Central Asia 270 440.0% 8. South and Southeast Asia 6,700 28.8% 9. East Asia and Pacific 560 460.0% 10. Australia and New Zealand...
...think that they could say where the recipes come from," says Ariana Silverman '99 of Kirkland House. "I told at least 15 people what the difference between baba ganoush and hummous was at the last [Saharan Nights] dinner," she says...