FINAL PROJECT
These fews weeks course was
very exciting and provide us a comprehension of how our Planet can be affected by our own activities
and how our Planet is sensible due to climate change and what we can do to
avoid the consequences of climate variations during the common century.
We have learn also what we can
do or what behaviors we have to take to preserve our common generations against
the impact of climate change.
The most important things I've
learned through the different elevation of 4 ° C temperature scenarios
developed by scientists agonize me lessons at the highest point. Let me explain
in my bad English my opinion.
These alarming scenarios are:
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Flooding of hundreds if not thousands of coastal cities;
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A drastic decline in food
production accentuating the rate
of malnutrition and under-power. Already in underdeveloped
especially in sub-Saharan Africa countries
these rates are alarming. My country has
just undergone a political and security crisis is a striking
example of the fragility of vulnerable
populations to disasters. I imagine with great apprehension
that would be the
life of the desert populations hasten
centuries to come if we do not take drastic measures
to mitigate the effects of climate change.
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An increased
desertification in drylands. I want to share with
you some information about my area and
is falling on Timbuktu
WAS thesis last
50 years. When
I have the city
of Child Timbuktu WAS surrounded by a
belt of dense vegetation with
many species of trees, birds,
and game such as rabbits,
antelope, wild boar and even giraffes. At just 5 kilometers from the city, we hunt game
hunters with dogs. We leave the city every
Sunday with 2-5 dogs goes for hunting. It
was the feast and a true passion for all
children my age who gathered around
a campfire, we cook the animals we
captured. Unfortunately, there are twenty years there are over deer, antelope, hare
or hundreds of miles
away. With the silting up of the
Niger river, the desert
took the place of the vegetable belt destroyed
more than 80%. In childhood we are witnessing every day the arrival of canoes laden with goods of all kinds, garden
produce and foodstuffs. The gardening was done throughout
the odds Niger River from Timbuktu to Mopti
more than 600 km from Timbuktu. Currently the
port or docked canoes became a neighborhood with
houses because the riverbed
silted up. To bathe
young people are forced to go to Koriomé (about fifteen kilometers
from Timbuktu). (see image fig 1 and Fig 2)
- One of the lessons I have learned is the increase
in natural disasters probably related
to climate change. Among these disasters,
we can mention only the most important hasten the past 3 years. These are (cf. : http://thierry.taillefer.over-blog.com/article-les-catastrophes-naturelles-en-2010-64362367.html):
* The Typhoon Hayan of 08/11/2013
Philippines October 15, 2013: This is one of the most violent storms in history to landfall,
with winds at over
300 km / h. The current balance is more than 10,000 deaths
* June: The rains of the
monsoon season are particularly abundant
this year and wreak havoc. Nearly 6,000 people are
still missing in India who
notably hit the
state of Uttarakhand.
* June: The tornado that swept El Reno,
Oklahoma State was the largest tornado in
the history of the United States according
to the National Weather Service. 19
victims, including three storm chasers, according to officials of the State of Oklahoma.
* may : An earthquake of
magnitude 8.3 took
place almost 610 kilometers deep off Russia,
making it the deepest earthquake ever recorded so far.
* May: A devastating
tornado struck the Oklahoma City area in the U.S., killing
at least 91 deaths and considerable damage. Dozens dead
* April: An earthquake with
a magnitude of 6.6 hit the Lushan County in
China, near the city of Ya'an in southwestern
province of Sichuan
making 208 victims
* February: Tsunami result of an earthquake measuring 8 on the Richter scale, killed at least six victims
in the South Pacific on the island of
Santa Cruz.
* January: Forest fires
ablaze five of the six Australian states with 90
fires recorded in
the state of New South Wales, the most populous, and forests located around
the national capital, Canberra. A
record heat wave that
began in the state of Western
Australia on December 27 and
lasted for eight days, was the largest ever recorded in the state in over 80
years, and spread eastward into
throughout the country, making the
widest that the country has seen
in over ten years heat wave, according to the Australian Bureau
of Meteorology
We have to change our behavior and adopt
policies to minimize the climate impact in our country.
Fig 1: Niger River board in Timbuktu Fig 2: The same place in 2010
Period Town during colonization
