Sulaiman Tejan Jalloh
in the Souther region Moyamba District
Second Place: Sulaiman Tejan Jalloh’s “Agriculture”
In their submission to Earthzine’s 2009 Student Essay Competition, Sulaiman Tejan Jalloh of Sierra Leone’s Institute of Advanced Management and Technology discusses the negative environmental effects of traditional slash-and-burn agriculture and presents alternatives aim to reduce human’s impact on the environment.
Sulaiman Tejan Jalloh, posted on
March 30th, 2009
Agriculture, Articles, Ecosystems, Essay Contest 2009
Sulaiman Tejan Jalloh’s “Seawater Agriculture”
In their second Earthzine 2009 Student Essay Contest submission, Sulaiman Tejan Jalloh tackles the issue of population growth and food production by proposing seawater agriculture – producing edible food using saltwater – as a means of augmenting the current food supply.
Sulaiman Tejan Jalloh, posted on
March 30th, 2009
Agriculture, Articles, Ecosystems, Essay Contest 2009, Water
NASA Daily Image
Large X-class Flare Erupts on the Sun
On Jan. 27, 2012, a large X-class flare erupted from an active region near the solar west limb. X-class flares are the most powerful of all solar events. Seen here is an image of the flare captured by the X-ray telescope on Hinode. This image shows an emission from plasma heated to greater than eight million degrees during the energy release process of the flare. Image Credit: JAXA/Hinode