Massive ice chunks separate from Tasman glacier. As up to 50 million tons of ice separated from the Tasman Glacier in southern New Zealand, around 20 icebergs suddenly appeared on the surface of Tasman Lake, located at the foot of the glacier. This was the biggest calving in the history of the lake, which formed around 1973 as a result of global warming.
Researcher Dr. Martin Brook, a lecturer in physical geography at Australia’s Massey University, has forecast along with Dr. Martin Kirkbride that the glacier would disappear within a couple of decades.
This is due in part to the existence of the lake, which speeds the melting of ice beneath the water’s surface. The scientists have also warned that calving events such as the one that just occurred could be dangerous due to potentially immense icebergs that could suddenly appear while tourist boats are traveling across the glacial lake.
Our appreciation, Drs. Brook, Kirkbride and associates, for your concerned alert about the quickly deteriorating state of the Tasman and other glaciers. We pray that such anomalies of nature are curbed through our striving to restore Earthly balance. As on previous occasions, Supreme Master Ching Hai spoke during a November 2009 videoconference in Washington, DC, USA about the urgently needed actions to halt the alarming melt of glaciers throughout the world.
Supreme Master Ching Hai: Glaciers across the globe are shrinking more quickly than researchers ever expected, leaving rivers and lakes gone, disappearing or drying, with no water for crops and billions who face food shortages due to water shortages, as well.
You may ask, what is the main cause of this damage and destruction to the environment? Perhaps surprisingly, it’s not the coal industry or cars or planes or trains or boats or ships.
It’s methane, which is produced primarily by the livestock industry. So, to solve this, we do need to move quickly, and be vegan. There is an advantage of time here, because one aspect of methane is that it dissipates in around 12 years’ time, whereas carbon dioxide, CO2, stays in the atmosphere for up to thousands of years.
So, we remove the livestock-generated methane, and the planet cools fast!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/23/2991149.htm?site=news http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/all/122360/huge-calving-tasman-glacier http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/4049150/Massive-ice-chunks-split-off-from-glacier Mongolian leaders meet in Gobi Desert to call attention to climate change. Twelve Mongolian officials journeyed 15 hours to hold a cabinet meeting specifically in a part of the Gobi Desert that used to be arable land in the hope of raising awareness of the urgency of global warming for the upcoming climate summit in Mexico this December.
Along with the other cabinet members, all of whom were wearing caps that said “Save Our Planet,” Prime Minister Batbold Sukhbaatar highlighted the significant effects of climate change in Mongolia, including record cold weather this past winter along with overall decreased rainfall, and desertification that now affects 70% of Mongolian land.
He stated, "Five years ago, there used to grow many edible plants in this valley and there were fewer sand dunes. Now look here. The valley is completely covered with sand. The sand dunes are moving and taking more space each year." According to Mongolia’s National Agency for Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment Monitoring, the nation’s worsening desertification has been most steeply aggravated by livestock grazing, followed by erosion from tilling the soil for agriculture as well as deforestation.
Our admiring accolades, Your Excellencies, for your committed voice in calling for action to halt the march
of climate change. May leaders worldwide swiftly recognize the need to end such detrimental practices as livestock raising in favor of organically grown plant-based fare to indeed save our planet for all beings.
http://hosted2.ap.org/MOSTP/6c4f1c9b30804a70bc4ae998df74d877/Article_2010-08-29-AS-Mongolia-Cabinet-in-Desert/id-ccbb1af8d6a74a6d9d3809398f2adaf2http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=060000&biid=2010083177438With temperatures rising as high as 51 degrees Celsius in desert areas of Algeria, the extreme heat has claimed the lives of four people as the nation’s Civil Defense Department warns that the elderly are especially vulnerable.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?Language=en&id=2108570 The town of Carolina Beach in North Carolina, USA is planting sea oats along coastal sand dunes as a protection against storm surges, with private land owners being encouraged to join in the effort.
http://www.wect.com/Global/story.asp?S=13053332Indian agriculture experts advise farmers in Goa state on techniques to improve crop management practices that help offset losses due to climate change.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Climate-change-affecting-crop/articleshow/6390465.cms
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