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The Dolt is promoting a smear against green MP Rhiannon. Bolt only exposes his own profound ignorance of science. Rhiannon is far more likely to be correct on science than Bolt will ever be.
We well recall this science reportage some 9 years ago:
Scientists Blame Deadly Africa Famine on Pollution From North America, Europe, AsiaAnd further here:
22 July 2002
By Joseph B. Verrengia
...The starvation brought on by the 1970-85 drought that stretched from Senegal to Ethiopia captured the world's attention with searing images: skeletal mothers staring vacantly, children with bloated bellies lying in the sand, vultures lurking nearby. Before rains finally returned, 1.2 million people had died.
Now, a group of scientists in Australia and Canada say that drought may have been triggered by tiny particles of sulfur dioxide spewed by factories and power plants thousands of miles away in North America, Europe and Asia.
The short-lived pollution particles, known as aerosols, didn't have to travel to Africa to do their dirty work. Instead, they were able to alter the physics of cloud formation miles away and reduce rainfall in Africa as much as 50 percent, say the researchers.
Copyright 2002 The Seattle Times Company
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/07/21/home/main515765.shtml
AP) Nearly two decades after one of the world's most devastating famines in Africa, scientists are pointing a finger at pollution from industrial nations as one of the possible causes.
The starvation brought on by the 1970-85 drought that stretched from Senegal to Ethiopia captured the world's attention with searing images: skeletal mothers staring vacantly, children with bloated bellies lying in the sand, vultures lurking nearby. Before rains finally returned, 1.2 million people had died.
Now, a group of scientists in Australia and Canada say that drought may have been triggered by tiny particles of sulfur dioxide spewed by factories and power plants thousands of miles away in North America, Europe and Asia.
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at 12:47 PM NZT
