The segment I found most interesting was on Lake Chad. Lake Chad was the sixth largest lake in the world. I knew Lake Chad was in Chad but I did not know it was also located in Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon. Lake Chad which used to be the sixth largest lake is now one tenth of what it was 45 years ago. Since the water is disappearing, the inhabitants don't have enough water to water their crops and the fishermen are having a hard time catching fish.
There were many problems I noted, but several I found immensely intriguing. One of the major problems is that the people depend greatly on the water supply for everything. If the water disappears then the people will have no nourishment. There was a conflict between the fishermen and the crop owners.The fishermen wanted the water to stay so they could fish and the crop owners wanted the water for their crops. Another issue is climate change, if Africa has less carbon pollution then why is this happening?
I am also writing about lake chad.
ReplyDeleteWow, Josh! What great ideas you had about this segment. I especially liked your question about why if this area of the world has less carbon emissions than other places, why are they suffering so much from climate change.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping this is something Ben will address in his presentation!
-Mrs. A.