The Assistant Deputy Chairman of Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority call to face the reflected results of global warming

In his lecture delivered at the headquarters of the SCSS, Dr. Abdo A. Makaleh, the Assistant Deputy Chairman of Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority, pointed out that global warming had a tangible bearing on the climate in Yemen, atmosphere and air pollution. The lecturer displayed satellite maps illustrating the climate changes which our country is facing such as the increase in the number of dusty days from one year to the next one; the number of these days increased from 5 days in 2006 to 170 days in 2008 and then to 208 days in 2008, but this number decreased in 2009.

According to what Dr. Makaleh said, the increase in the number of dusty days is due to a wind shift from a west wind to an east wind, which has decreased the rainfall estimates a result of the global climate effects and the Earth's high temperature.

In this context, the lecturer diminished the risks which the Yemeni coastal towns are said to face as a result of a rise in the sea level, and he regarded the warning which said that Aden city may be inundated by sea waters and has recently been published in some newspapers as a mere exaggeration, considering draught the real threat facing Yemen.
As regards air pollution, Makaleh affirmed that it was a reality occurring especially in the cities on account of construction works, emissions produced by vehicles (particularly those dilapidated ones), wrongly-disposed-of wastes of hospitals, the burning of wood and plastic materials in enclosures.
In his concluding remarks, the Assistant Deputy Chairman of Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority called for the optimal use of the available resources as they are considered possessions of not only the contemporary generation but all generations to come.