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Ross (rôs), Sir Ronald 1857-1932.
British physician. He won a 1902 Nobel Prize for proving that malaria is transmitted to humans by the bite of the mosquito.


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According to a report in the Observer, the desert, with its towering sand dunes and spectacular lunar-like landscapes, is at the centre of an international uranium rush led by Rossing Uranium, a subsidiary of the British mining giant Rio Tinto, and the French state-owned company, Areva, which part-manages the nuclear complex at Sellafield and wants to build others in Britain.
For ten years, mostly while working for the Rossing Foundation, she studied part time, earning an Honours Degree in Counselling Psychology and a Master's in Education as well as taking on several short courses and earning certificates.
Barbara Rossing opens her essay with a list of threats about to come about upon Earth as a result of global warming and an account of several disasters that have already taken place due to the melting of ice.
 
 
 
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