Antarctica’s ice shelves collapsing. - 30 Mar 2008 | |
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Antarctica’s ice shelves collapsing. Supreme Master Television’s correspondents in Formosa had the chance to speak with Dr. Liu. Dr. Cheng-Chien Liu, Associate Professor of National Cheng Kung University, Formosa: Everybody knows that the temperature is rising, the globe is warming. But probably not many people know that the highest rate of temperature rising is in Antarctica, especially the western part of Antarctic Peninsula. This area, Wilkins Ice Shelf, has experienced the highest temperature rising rate, which is about 0.5 degrees for every ten years. In the past 50 years, that means it has already gone up 2.5 degrees. That's the reason the ice shelf in this area keeps breaking up one by one. We have already seen a lot of ice shelves disintegrated in the past few years. So I would say temperature rising, global warming is the main cause of this kind of event. The British Antarctic Survey observing the Antarctic ice shelves say the Wilkins Shelf is the largest compared to the 6 other ice shelves of the continent that have collapsed in the past several decades. Dr. Cheng-Chien Liu: I think this Wilkins Ice Shelf disintegration event gives us a good lesson. This is not just a scientific fiction, or just movie, or theory proposed by scientists. This is something happening right now. And if we don't do something now, the situation may get worse and worse. We can work together to help the Earth, the only Earth. Our deep appreciation to Dr. Cheng-Chien Liu for your insights and your message, one that is echoed by many other scientists and experts. We pray that all global citizens will all act quickly to save our Earth. Italy recalls contaminated mozzarella cheese. We thank the Italian Ministry of Health for protecting the lives of people through this recall. May Heaven bless all to adopt a plant-based diet - for our health, for the animals, and for our environment. www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/28/europe/cheese.php
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