Permafrost at Mt. Fuji and in Siberia melting at alarming rate. A study by researchers at Shizuoka University and the National Institute of Polar Research in Japan studying permafrost loss on Mt. Fuji has revealed that the thaw rate is much faster than expected.
In 1976, the layer of permafrost, or permanently frozen soil, existed at elevations of 3,100 meters and above. Today, the scientists find permafrost only in patches around the 3,776 meter peak, along with an increase in average August temperatures from 4.2 degrees Celsius in 1976 to 6.6 degrees in 2009. In a related study,
a team of scientists from the University of Nevada, Reno in the USA led by Dr. Sudeep Chandra have been collecting permafrost samples in Siberia, Russia.
There, they discovered earth that had been frozen for the past 10,000 years is now releasing methane gas into the atmosphere. This is a concern because the permafrost layer contains immense stores of methane, which as a greenhouse gas has 100 times the warming potential of CO2. This gaseous release then traps more heat in the atmosphere, which in turn melts more permafrost, creating a cycle that could set off an irreversible warming process, with catastrophic consequences.
International scientists, we appreciate your research on this aspect of global warming, despite its disturbing implications. Let us engage in rapid actions to renew our harmony with nature and restore conditions that are conducive to human survival.
During an August 2009 videoconference with Supreme Master Television staff in California, USA, Supreme Master Ching Hai addressed this alarming aspect of global warming and spoke of the one way to halt the release of methane into the atmosphere.
Supreme Master Ching Hai: If we don’t turn around and walk in the opposite direction, then we are heading toward destruction of all kinds. You see planetary warming, methane gas from all sides: from all sides now, not just from livestock. But because of livestock, it triggers methane gas from all sides: from the river bed or from the permafrost,
from the bed of the ocean, from the mountains, from the dying forests, do you understand．
So we are surrounded by trouble. There’s only one escape route that I have told you already. I wish there were several. There’s only one: Be Veg. That’s the path to go, then maybe we still can have time.
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201009090330.html http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1969767,00.htmlhttp://x-journals.com/2010/researchers-find-receding-permafrost-in-siberian-arctic/Extra NewsData from the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration shows that, in addition to record daytime high temperatures being seen throughout the world, a significant increase in nighttime averages has occurred as well.
http://www.nrdc.org/globalWarming/hottestsummer/ http://x-journals.com/2010/dark-side-of-climate-change-seen-in-record-setting-night-time-temperatures/Using an array of 12,000 sun-powered cells, Switzerland's experimental aircraft “Solar Impulse” successfully completes a historic trans-national 24-hour flight.
http://www.france24.com/en/20100922-swiss-solar-plane-completes-flight-across-switzerlandhttp://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-20017420-76.htmlhttp://www.physorg.com/news204384474.html
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