A recent report published
in the US-based
Environmental Research
Letters states that
530 gigatons of ice
melted into the world's
oceans in 2010,
more than twice
the annual average of
285 gigatons per year
for the past 30 years.
Led by Dr. Marco Tedesco
of City College
New York in the USA,
an international team
of scientists found that
the ice disappearing in
2010 exceeded a previous
record set in 2007.
Scientists have already
noted that if the entire
Greenland ice sheet
were to melt, it could
trigger a seven meter
sea level rise that would
submerge coastal cities
around the globe.
Researchers concur
that the main cause
is climate change, with
Greenland temperatures
in 2010 being
3 degrees Celsius higher
than previous summer
averages,
and the capital city Nuuk
experiencing
the warmest spring
and summer since record-
keeping began in 1873.
The region also saw
a combination of warm
weather and lower-than-
average snowfall
with stretches of bare ice,
which is less reflective
than snow and thus
absorbs more heat
from the sun's rays.
Speaking of the rapid
warming process,
Dr. Tedesco stated,
“Everything adds up
to accelerate things.”
We appreciate this report,
Dr. Tedesco and
international colleagues,
that highlights
the imperiled future
of Greenland and
the world's coastlines.
May humanity quickly
awaken to the importance
of adopting
planet-cooling practices
in time to preserve
ecosystems conducive
to human survival.
Supreme Master
Ching Hai
has frequently warned
of the immeasurable
dangers posed by climate
change-induced ice melt,
as during a March 2009
videoconference
in California, USA,
when she also offered
the most effective solution.
Supreme Master
Ching Hai : predicted that
one meter sea level rise
would be very
catastrophic already and
causing a lot of people
to lose their homes.
But scientists have learned
that Greenland and
western Antarctica
and eastern Antarctica
are all melting now
which had not been
a factor before.
Based on these findings,
one scientist said
If all Antarctica
were to melt, then
the sea level could rise up
to 70 meters!
So, there's no way we
can run away from this
except we turn to
a virtuous way of life;
then we are connected
with Heaven because
Heaven is virtuous
and love and blessing.
I see no other way
we can protect ourselves
at all.
http://www.france24.com/en/20110121-record-melt-greenland-icesheet-2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2011/01/21/21climatewire-greenlands-ice-feels-the-heat-in-record-sett-93789.html