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On #EarthDayEveryDay #EarthDay21 a short thread on an often-overlooked chapter of the history of elephants in Uganda. There was a long history of interacting and hunting elephants in precolonial Uganda. 1/11 
Colonial empires, of course, were predicated upon the assumption that the natural world could be tamed and regulated. Elephants were not exempt. Sir Hesketh Bell was Uganda’s commissioner/governor between 1907 and 1910. 2/11
He was largely remembered in vernacular histories for his association with Sleeping Sickness and the introduction of cotton and motor cars. Bell believed that by demonstrating superior knowledge over the natural world, 3/11
#DesertRain #ArabianStorms #Ethiopa #Sahara #Russia #Europe Special Satellite Images Report:
Here will find a series images of rain events currently underway in deserts in the East of the Western Hemisphere, as the sun goes down on #EarthDay.
Credits @zoom_earth @meteoblue
Here will find a series images of rain events currently underway in deserts in the East of the Western Hemisphere, as the sun goes down on #EarthDay.
Credits @zoom_earth @meteoblue
The thread begins with the mother of all deserts the astonishing Sahara. Here you see an April rain event currently underway in Algeria and Libya. #Sahara #DesertRain #EarthDay21
Here are close up images of the Libya/Algeria #DesertRain now traversing the dryest parts of the Sahara. The 1st image (zoom.earth/#view=30.2,17.…) shows rainfall signatures. The 2nd tracks the tail of this rain event back to the Atlantic coast 4500 kms to the West. #EarthDayAfrica
Now a fifth big new climate goal around #EarthDay21
CA -45% below 2005
UK -68% below 1990
EU -55% below 1990
US -52% below 2005
JP -46% below 2013
Who is most ambitious?
Depends on the baseline…
1990 UK>EU>US>JP>CA
2005 UK>US>EU>CA>JP
2013 UK>US>JP>CA>EU
2018 US>UK>CA>EU>JP
CA -45% below 2005
UK -68% below 1990
EU -55% below 1990
US -52% below 2005
JP -46% below 2013
Who is most ambitious?
Depends on the baseline…
1990 UK>EU>US>JP>CA
2005 UK>US>EU>CA>JP
2013 UK>US>JP>CA>EU
2018 US>UK>CA>EU>JP
Same info in a table
updates earlier chart and table with Canada's new pledge
