Stockholm University professor Johan Rockstrom and colleagues crafted this attempt at visualizing climate change for the journal Nature. Five of their 10 indicators fell within safe limits, marked in green. However, the index gave failing grades to global extinction rates, carbon dioxide emissions, and the level of nitrogen removed from the atmosphere for human use (such as fertilizer).
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Pastor Jean Enock Joseph (c.) visits one of his projects in Croix-des-Bouquets, just outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital.
Jean Enock Joseph teaches self-help to lift Haiti
Pastor Jean Enock Joseph doesn't shy from Haiti's toughest problems. His message: Haitians have the ability to help themselves.
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