Sakaika Falls – Ekereku River, Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region.
Our country’s educational system needs improvement, especially in the area of Geography. We as a people need to learn more about our own country. There are so many beautiful things, like this majestic Sakaika Falls, that the average Guyanese may not know about. For many Guyanese especially in remote areas, education is restricted due to poverty and accessibility. Most of the people who live in urban areas may not have any insight about the life in the remote regions in Guyana. That is unfortunate.
Why should I care about rising sea levels? – By Rosaliene Bacchus
Price Reduced Waterfront Property – East Coast USA
Photo Credit: Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) June 2018 Report
On September 14th, Hurricane Florence hit the North Carolina coast. With warmer oceans driven by climate change, the massive, slow-moving storm dumped more than 20 inches of rain on its arrival. The storm surge reached levels of 9 to 13 feet. Hundreds of inundated home owners may never recover from the damages.
Ten years ago, on September 15, 2008, another kind of disaster struck our nation with the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the insurance giant AIG. The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression sent rogue waves across our nation and worldwide. The fallout—foreclosures, shrinking home values, and millions of job losses—battered Americans.
With rising sea levels—the result of ongoing heating of our oceans and atmosphere—another massive, slow-moving crisis is brewing. Hundreds of thousands of coastal properties will increasingly face chronic…
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