The 5 hottest places on Earth

The 5 hottest places on Earth

While two-thirds of the earth is covered in water, a full third of the remaining land (that’s one-ninth of the total!) is nearly uninhabitable desert. All of the world’s  hottest places lie in that harsh environment.Timbuktu, Mali – 54,5C (130.1 F) degreesThe

Libya warns of disaster if ‘Great Man-Made River’ hit

Libya warns of disaster if ‘Great Man-Made River’ hit

Libya warned on Sunday that NATO-led air strikes could cause a “human and environmental disaster” if they damaged the country’s massive Great Man-Made River (GMMR) project.Built at a cost of 33 billion dollars, the GMMR extracts water from deep beneath the Sahara