Atlas shows effects of climate change on Africa

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This image released by the  United Nations Environment Program shows a satellite image taken between Dec. 21 2006 and March 26 2007 of the capital of Senegal Dakar a metropolitan area with 2.5 million people spread over  the Cap Verde Peninsula. The  ...
This image released by the United Nations Environment Program shows a satellite image taken between Dec. 21, 2006 and March 26, 2007 of the capital of Senegal, Dakar, a metropolitan area with 2.5 million people spread over the Cap Verde Peninsula. The United Nations environment agency unveiled a new atlas Tuesday June 10, 2008 that shows what the agency says are the dramatic effects of climate change on Africa. The nearly 400-page publication features over 300 satellite images taken in every African country. (AP Photo/United Nations Environment Program)

(AP) -- The United Nations environment agency unveiled a new atlas Tuesday that shows what the agency says are the dramatic effects of climate change on Africa.


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