Archive for September 1st, 2007
Ancient Coral Reef Tells The History of Kenya’s Soil Erosion
Scientists collect core samples from a large coral colony near Easter Island. Credit: Rob Dunbar, Stanford University
Coral reefs, like tree rings, are natural archives of climate change. But oceanic corals also provide a faithful account of how people make use of land through history, says Robert B. Dunbar of Stanford University.
In a study published in [...]
Suspected Haemorrhagic Fever Claims 100 in DR Congo
Photo: IRIN
KINSHASA, (IRIN) – An epidemic suspected to be haemorrhagic fever has broken out in the Mweka area, about 100km north-west of Kananga, the administrative centre of Kasai Occidental province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with more than 100 deaths, according to health authorities.
The provincial doctor, Jean-Constatin Kanow, said 217 people had contracted [...]
