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Rivers in the Sky: How Deforestation Is Affecting Global Water Cycles – Yale E360

A growing body of evidence indicates that the continuing destruction of tropical forests is disrupting the movement of water in the atmosphere, causing major shifts in precipitation that could lead to drought in key agricultural areas in China, India, and the U.S. Midwest.

— Read on e360.yale.edu/features/how-deforestation-affecting-global-water-cycles-climate-change

Clarice Lispecto – Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Amar os outros é a única salvação individual que conheço: ninguém está perdido se der amor e às vezes receber amor em troca.” Clarice Lispecto. A descoberta do mundo. Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, 1999. Trecho da Crônica Às Três Experiência. https://www.pensador.com Marii Freire https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo! Imagem: pinterest/ Cafonice Instrinseca Santarém, Pá 27 de agosto…
— Read on pensamentos.me/2023/08/27/clarice-lispecto/

India’s Modi calls for African Union to join G20 – DW – 08/27/2023

South Africa is currently the only African nation that is a member of the G20. But India said it wants to bring more representatives from the so-called Global South to the table.
— Read on www.dw.com/en/indias-modi-calls-for-african-union-to-join-g20/a-66642286

(Me: Grandstanding… but Nigeria ought to be invited)

Heather Cox Richardson: Biden’s Struggle to Reduce Student Debt | Diane Ravitch’s blog

President Biden has repeatedly tried to reduce the debt that college students incurred and that remains a financial burden for years after they finish college. Republicans have adamantly opposed any effort to relieve millions of students of their college debt, which some have been paying off for decades. I can’t help but remember my visit…
— Read on dianeravitch.net/2023/08/27/heather-cox-richardson-bidens-struggle-to-reduce-student-debt/