Famed snows of Kilimanjaro may soon be gone. The once-legendary vast snowfield atop Africa’s highest peak has diminished by 85% since 1912, with 26% loss within the last decade. According to lead paleoclimatologist Professor Lonnie Thompson of Ohio State University, USA, the ice loss is being accelerated by a process known as sublimation, or thinning due to climate-related weather changes that cause it to evaporate directly into the air.
This, combined with the shrinkage caused by direct ice melt, has resulted in scientists’ forecasts that the snow on Mount Kilimanjaro could be completely gone in just over ten years.
Professor Thompson and team, we appreciate your observations that highlight the precarious state of our planet. Let us work quickly to reverse such declines by adopting sustainable, eco-conscious lifestyles.
During a July 2008 videoconference in Japan, Supreme Master Ching Hai spoke with concern of such research findings and reminded of their urgency as well as how to address them.
Supreme Master Ching Hai: I think we’d better heed the warning of the scientists because otherwise it’s not just the ice melt, maybe we will melt also. I hope not! And we are working frantically toward saving the planet.
So if we be vegetarian, our good karma of saving lives will in turn reward us with our lives saved. That’s all I can say.
Referencehttp://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/globalwarming/2009-11-02-kilimanjaro_N.htm http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33588569/ns/world_news-world_environment/ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/world/africa/03melt.html?_r=1 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091102171209.htm
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) finds 163 new species in 2008. A recent World Wildlife Fund report notes the discovery of a total of 100 new plants, 28 fish, 18 reptiles, 14 amphibians, two mammals and one bird species, all found in the Greater Mekong region of southeast Asia last year.
A tube-nosed bat and a colorful gecko called Cat Ba found in northern Âu Lạc (Vietnam) are among the many unique plants and animals that have been revealed.
Barney Long, head of World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Asian Species Conservation program, said, “We continue to find new species… and nowhere else compares to the amount of large mammals that have been discovered in the region.
From a biodiversity perspective, there are still huge amounts to discover.” Many thanks, World Wildlife Fund, for these wonderful new discoveries of our animal co-inhabitants! Let us strive to foster greener and more attentive care to protect all living beings.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/09/26/mekong.speciesExtra NewsIn a study of 36 fish species, US researchers state that warming ocean waters and pressures from fisheries are forcing wild fish to seek deeper depths and swim farther north as they face changes in their growth, reproduction and mortality.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091102172247.htmIndonesia’s Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry allocates US$84 million for solar power plants that will provide electricity to some 200, 000 households in rural areas of the country.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/02/content_12371710.htm
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