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Timor Leste citizens suffer effects of climate change. At the Bangkok Climate Change Conference currently taking place at the United Nations in Thailand, Supreme Master Television correspondents spoke with Mr. Adao Soares Barbosa, National Directorate for Environmental Services, on Timore Leste’s situation: VOICE: Through developments in sustainable energy, there is hope that such island nations as Timor Leste will be able to minimize the harmful effects of global warming. Mr. Adao Soares Barbosa: It seems like in energy sector is still not well developed in our country, but for the future we need to develop the renewable energy use in Timor-Leste so that we can save our world. VOICE: We are grateful for government leaders in Timor Leste and elsewhere whose concern about the broad effects of global warming is moving them to action for the survival of their people. May Heaven protect residents of all coastal regions with safety and comfort during these changing times. West Timore food security: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/asia-pacific/6919730.stm, http://www.physorg.com/news126078526.html http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-03-31-global-warming-health_N.htm (lovely D28) IPCC member Dr. Adil Najram warns of climate change effects in developing nations. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C04%5C01%5Cstory_1-4-2008_pg5_16 , http://thepost.com.pk/ShortNews.aspx?shortid=5688&catid=2 http://www.theledger.com:80/article/20080331/NEWS/803310336/1374 http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/015200804011141.htm,
Dr. Ted Scambos, lead glaciologist who monitored the Wilkins ice shelf disintegration: What’s not normal is to see melt ponds on the surface, no sea ice in front of the ice shelf edge. And this sudden breakup, not just in one big piece, but crumbling, disintegrating, absolutely blowing itself up within just a few weeks. The other thing is that the ice shelf doesn’t recover from it. There’s no regrowth, there’s no new shelf that starts to push out in the aftermath of one of these events. VOICE: Dr. Scambos further explains that while scientists always knew that ice shelves are good indicators of warming temperatures in the air and water, what greatly surprised them was just how fast the system could respond. What’s clear is that a difference does exist between natural Antarctic ice behavior and that being caused by warming ocean waters. Dr. Ted Scambos: In the poles, anybody who works in polar science, nobody questions whether we are in a warming world, we’re in trouble, because we see it in our fields every year. And ice plates that have been there for 10,000 years, since the end of the last ice age, are gone, because the climate got that much warmer, and just in the last 20 or 30 years it got that much warmer. VOICE: Dr. Scambos stresses the need to take quick action in response to global warming. Dr. Ted Scambos: The problem is that, if take the view of “we’re going to try to put the brakes on this, and we take a whole century to do that.” The timescale for the Earth recovering naturally is very long, and we will be in for a lot of change in terms of how it impacts human lives, for several centuries. Unless we take the attitude that we really need an aggressive plan to address greenhouse gases. Unless we take that attitude, we should be thinking about adaptation rather than mitigation. And I for one would like to see us end this. VOICE: Arctic scientists echo the sentiments of other researchers and international experts on climate change: The alarming rates of natural changes indicate that we are running out of time to respond. Dr. Ted Scambos: There is a problem to the discussion of greenhouse gases, especially to the public, because all the forecasts tend to go to the year 2100. As if it’s some magic time that all the events come to a halt. That’s not the case. There is no limit to how warm the world will get, unless we set a limit. It’s paramount that people everywhere understand: eventually it’s up to us to stop this. It won’t stop until we do it. VOICE: The Wilkins ice shelf will continue to be monitored, especially in the next Antarctic summer’s melt season. We thank Dr. Scambos and all scientists who are urgently studying the immediate effects of climate. With God's grace, may our global community act quickly to restore our ecological equilibrium for our present and future generations. Please tune in to Supreme Master Television for this upcoming exclusive interview with Dr. Ted Scambos of the US National Snow and Ice Date Center on current studies of Antarctic ice and global warming.
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