In a piece related to yesterday’s on rising water levels, photographer Josh Haner and New York Times journalists investigated China’s growing desertification, using drone videos to help tell the story.
This is part of a larger series on climate change. Watch for the “More Stories In This Series” links at the end of the section when you follow the link to read this story.
Today we come upon a couple of Ghana-related items in the news, as our Ghana consciousness was raised considerably from the time of Ivi’s stint there.
PBS Newshour
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/university-ghana-focuses-critical-thinking-change-attitudes-corruption/
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2017/04/04/blogs/photos-that-celebrate-ghanas-lgbt-community/s/04-lens-gyamfi-slide-82B6.html
Also see: More history on Ivi and Ghana
Read this Fresh Air piece or hear it now:
Climate change is massively affecting China, and thus adversely affecting the rest of the world economy, says this New York Times special report. Includes photography by Josh Haner of the NYT as well as an interactive map.
A windy, gray-sky walk with Charlie-Bear to Birnie Park and environs …
Hail and wind and chill today …
The weekend begins …
Shopping, basking in the sun, thinking about world events. Almost the usual day …
