Warming Siberian Arctic is releasing methane
Warming Siberian Arctic is releasing methane. A group of Russian researchers led by Igor Semiletov from the Pacific Oceanological Institute in Vladivostok, Russia, traveled some 13,000 miles along the Siberian coast to monitor methane levels. They found that more than half of the 750,000-square-mile Arctic Siberian shelf is emitting methane into the atmosphere as the warming East Siberian Sea causes the permafrost to thaw and in turn release the gas.
Scientists are concerned that the increased atmospheric levels of this highly potent greenhouse gas will create a feedback loop and further add to the seriousness of its global warming effects. We are most thankful Dr. Semiletov and team for your dedicated work in awakening us further to these warning signs. It is truly time for all concerned citizens of the Earth to turn quickly toward a fruitful future through such easy steps as adopting the most beneficial vegetarian diet.
In a videoconference with our Association members in London, UK in June 2008, Supreme Master Ching Hai had stressed the importance of halting global warming to avoid the effects that a melting of the permafrost will cause.Videoconference with Supreme Master Ching Hai with London Center, UK - June 13, 2008
SM: The ocean, the river also absorb CO2 and they store there. And when it’s cold, then it’s just compressed there and lay there, harmless. But now as the weather is getting warmer and these gases going to be released...it’s already releasing into the atmosphere, as you know it from scientific report. So now, the permafrost layer is melting each day. And the methane gas, or other gas even, are releasing into the atmosphere.
Methane and nitrous oxide is made by stock raising, stock keeping, animals keeping. So they are far more poisonous, far more dangerous than CO2. If we stop the worst cause of global warming, meaning stock raising, animal breeding, then we will be able to save the planet. We have to stop the killing of man or animals. We have to stop producing animals products. And we have to stop using it. The best thing is stop eating meat, stop killing animals, stop raising animals. Then the methane gas and the nitrous oxide gas will stop! And then we cut already a big chunk of pollution off our air, and we cut off the global warming process. And I said already 80% of it will be cut almost immediately, and we can see the results in a few weeks.
Global project helps protect central region’s forest
Protection for forests in Âu Lạc (Vietnam). Through a US$2 million World Wildlife Fund (WWF) project, a green corridor has been created to protect 134,000 hectares of primary forest in Âu Lạc’s Thừa Thiên-Huế province, while at the same time improving the quality of life of the corridor’s residents. The forests are home to a multitude of flora and fauna, including 60 rare animal and nearly 900 plant species.
The WWF’s Green Corridor Project has already engaged some residents in tending and replanting forest trees, with training and education programs to benefit others through sustainable development activities. Our heartfelt gratitude World Wildlife Fund for protecting Âu Lạc’s precious biodiversity and human livelihoods at the same time. Blessed be our world in a harmonious balance among all life.
Deforestation in Brazil's Atlantic forest reaches 793 hectares
Deforestation in Brazil’s Atlantic coast increases. According to the country’s National Institute of Space Research and the SOS Atlantic Forest Foundation, in the past three years, Brazil has lost 793 hectares of her Atlantic forest, an area equivalent to 990 football fields. These latest figures mean that the Atlantic forest, which used to cover most of Brazil’s coast, has now been 93 percent deforested.
Brazil’s National Institute of Space Research and SOS Atlantic Forest Foundation, we express our appreciation for these important findings. May our awakened awareness help us to turn toward better stewardship of our environment and restore the balance between humankind and nature.
In her responses to panelists during the live videoconference for the SOS! International Seminar on Global Warming in Seoul, Korea in May 2008, Supreme Master Ching Hai explained how meat production must be stopped to preserve our forests. Videoconference with Supreme Master Ching Hai for the SOS! International Seminar on Global Warming Seoul, Korea - May 22, 2008
Supreme Master Ching Hai : The root of our problem is that we have been unkind to our co-inhabitants: the living, feeling, walking, acting, loving beings, like animals, of all size and shapes. And we have also been unkind to our environment. We have been massacring our co-inhabitant animals, and we have been destroying our environment like deforesting and destroying the water and destroying the air.
So in order to solve the problem that we are facing right now, we have to reverse our actions. We have to be kind to our co-inhabitants. Instead of killing them, massacring them, sacrificing them, we have to take care of them. And instead of deforestation, we have to plant trees again. Take care of whatever environment that we have. And instead of polluting our planet, the air, we have to turn to friendly energy and sustainable energy. Just reverse our action.
Rare rhino calves found in Indonesian jungle
Rare Indonesian rhinoceros calves discovered. On Tuesday, four young Javan rhinoceros calves were sighted in a jungle on the Indonesian island of Java. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), this herbivorous species is critically endangered, only about 50 Javan rhinos remaining in the world today. These calves bring new hope of reviving its population in the wild. Agus Primabudi, head of the national park in West Java that is home to many of the existing Javan rhinos,
highlighted the importance of protecting their habitat so that their numbers could expand. Many thanks, Mr. Primabudi, World Wildlife Fund and all in Indonesia who are working to preserve the rare Javan rhinoceros. May your noble efforts be fruitful in helping them flourish once again, with Heaven’s blessing and care.
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