Arctic permafrost could release vast amounts of greenhouse gases. A four-year study by the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) has revealed that the carbon stores beneath the vast Arctic tundra, or permafrost, are much higher than previously estimated. CSIRO’s Global Carbon Project Executive Director, Dr. Josep Canadell, stated, 『Projections show that almost all near-surface permafrost will disappear by the end of this century, exposing large carbon stores to decomposition and release of greenhouse gases.”
He went on to state his own observations on a recent trip to China that the permafrost at the Arctic’s southern limit had nearly disappeared in the last ２０ years. It is estimated that even a １０ percent permafrost melt would result in a ０.７ degree Celsius increase in temperature, causing more intense storms, droughts and rising sea levels, with further warming that could be irreversible and catastrophic if the thaw happens too quickly.
Dr. Canadell and colleagues at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, we appreciate your efforts in providing this alarming report. Let us all awaken now and act in bringing sustainable Earth-saving measures to preserve the environment for ourselves and all beings.
In a July ２００８ videoconference with our Association members in Seattle, Washington, USA, Supreme Master Ching Hai warned of the planet’s imperilled state, offering her insights on how to best ensure our stable future.
Supreme Master Ching Hai: If the ice melts and the sea warms, then the gas will be released into the atmosphere, and it does already according to scientists’ research and pro of. So the gas that release into the atmosphere might affect you.
And you see, if it is not cold then even all the permafrost, which is the cold hard mud layers, will be melted also, and then the gas from the permafrost also will be released. And that’s the reason maybe you feel more tired.
And some places may have more mental illness, and all kind of other illnesses, and diseases go where they have not been before even.
So everybody has to join to into the vegetarian diet, and stop the killing, stop the harm to other people and the animals and save energies every way possible and go green wherever possible.
THEN WE STILL CAN SAVE THE PLANET.
Referencehttp://www.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUSSP458218http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/who_is_who/pep_canadell.htm Whale-watching benefits the economy more than hunting. A recent report released by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) showed that the revenue generated by the global whale-watching industry in ２００８ outweighed the profits from whale-hunting in countries such as Japan, Iceland and Norway.
With the whale-watching industry having more than doubled in the last decade, US$２.１ billion was generated in ２００８ as １３ million people from １１９ countries engaged in the activity.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), who commissioned the report, has thus commented that whaling countries would profit more from switching to watching whales instead.
IFAW Whale Program Director Patrick Ramage, said, 『As governments sit here [at the IWC] debating what to do about whaling, their people are showing the way.
Whale watching is clearly more environmentally sustainable and economically beneficial than hunting, and whales are worth far more alive than dead.” A big bravo, Director Ramage and the International Fund for Animal Welfare, for your clear illumination of the manifold value of these precious marine mammals. Blessed be the magnificent whales for the wondrous happiness and harmonious balance they bring to our world.
Referencehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8114353.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8114353.stm
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