Quickest climate change in history happened in a year.

Scientists have found new evidence in Germany that the Younger Dryas, an ice age occurring approximately 13,000 years ago in Europe, descended on the continent within just one year. Research shows that cold fresh water from melting glaciers weakened the warm Gulf Stream ocean current and thus ended the warm winds that formerly blew across Europe. Without this warm air, temperatures quickly dropped 3-4 degrees Celsius, causing the previously forested continent to freeze for about the next thousand years. Co-author of a study on this climatic event, Dr. Daniel Sigman of Princeton University, stated, "The Younger Dryas continues to surprise us in providing a message as to how quickly climate change can occur."

Thank you, Dr. Sigman and associates, for bringing us this cautionary historical reminder of the dangers we face today. May we all work together in caring stewardship to secure a sustainable future for our Earth.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/08/01/abrupt-climate-change.html

Mammoths tell story about climate change.

From July to November 2008, the public in Formosa (Taiwan) can enjoy an international exhibition of two rare wooly mammoths. These majestic ancestors of the elephant had walked the earth tens of thousands of years ago, and were discovered by scientists in Russia just within the past six years.

Tseng Kun-Ti, Commissioner, National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall (M): I think the part concerning the eco-system and the whole environmental changes, which led to the extinction of the mammoths, is a very important matter that requires our reflection.
 
Lien Sen-Yu, Exhibition visitor (M): Because of this exhibition, I have the opportunity to show our kids how seriously global warming will affect us. Even the enormous mammoths could become extinct.

SupremeMasterTV: Do you know why the mammoth disappeared?
Lin Tzu-Hsiu, young boy (M): They are extinct because of climate change as they lost their habitat. So we should save energy, be frugal and eat more vegetarian meals to curb global warming.

VOICE: Global warming also has to do with the discovery of these exhibited mammoths. Archaeologists had been able to unearth them easily because the permafrost that had preserved them for tens of millennia had melted and thus revealed them.

Lin Yi-Ling, Exhibition staff (F): This also warns us that global warming is getting more serious, resulting in the melting of permafrost and glaciers.

Tseng Kun-Ti, Commissioner (M): In this situation, we must be mindful and strive together to sustain this Earth. It is time that we attach great importance to the vegetarian diet, and put it into action.

VOICE: We thank Commissioner Tseng for his support of the vegetarian, meaning animal-free diet to halt global warming. We also appreciate all those who have made this remarkable learning experience available to people. Let’s all go veg and be green so that all species may live and enjoy this planet!