The Guardian has gallery of photographs of how human beings affect the environment. Some have started to call the current era of the Earth the Anthropocene Era to signify the decisive impact of human activity on the planet as a living organism. The photographs are truly sobering.
The Brahmaputra River has three names. In Tibet, it is known as the Yarlung Tsangpo; in Arunachal Pradesh, it is known as the Siang River; in Assam, India, it is known as the Brahmaputra; In Bangladesh, it is called the Jamuna where it joins the Ganges (known as the Padma in Bangladesh) and Meghna Rivers until it flows in the Bay of Bengal. China has plans to dam the Brahmaputra in Tibet, and those plans have unnerved the downstream countries who fear the loss of water and the potential for increased silt. Fresh water disputes will become more common as the resource becomes more constrained due to pollution and increased demand. But coordinating water usage of such large rivers is extremely complicated and disputatious.
Iraqi troops looted many areas of Tikrit after they chased the Islamic State militants from the city. The looting was interpreted by the residents as done primarily by Shi’ite forces which complicates the Iraqi government’s desire to transcend the Sunni-Shia sectarian divide which weakens the government. The looting only solidifies the feeling among the Sunni residents of Iraq that the only alternative to the Iraqi government is the Islamic State.
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