Climate change linked to harmful water-borne diseases. Evaluating the ocean
effects of factors such as rising temperature and pollutants, researchers from
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently found that
adverse conditions such as those created by toxic algal blooms could be extended
for up to three months in vulnerable coastal areas.
The toxic algae,
which typically bloom from July to October, can accumulate in shellfish and, if
consumed by humans, can cause paralysis or even death. In fact, millions of
sardine recently found dead in a southern California, USA harbor were later
found to have been contaminated with the paralyzing neurotoxin domoic acid that
likely originated in toxic algae in the region.
In another study,
scientist from the University of Georgia in the USA found that desert dust
settling on seawater results in a swift and significant increase in Vibrios, a
type of ocean bacteria that can cause infectious diseases in humans.
Airborne dust due to land desertification has been increasing in the
last decades and is expected to continue to rise. Noting its potentially
dangerous effect, study spokesperson Eric Lipp stated, “Within 24 hours of
mixing weathered desert dust from Morocco with seawater samples, we saw a huge
growth in Vibrios, including one strain that could cause eye, ear and open wound
infections, and another strain that could cause cholera.”
As we mourn
the many deaths of the precious-finned fish life, we appreciate the work of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists in highlighting this
harmful climate change effect. May humanity make full use of the opportunity we
now have to mitigate such conditions through our eco-conscious lifestyles.
Supreme Master Ching Hai has frequently emphasized the hazardous
implications of climate change as well as the actions needed to save humanity
and the planet, as during a July 2008 videoconference with Supreme Master
Television staff in California, USA.
Supreme Master Ching Hai:
According to the scientists, there could be more than just one disaster. Rising
sea level is not the only worrying event, disease will also rise. They already
do so in some parts of the world. If it has to happen, it happens. But please do
not concentrate on these negative phenomena. Rather, we spend energy in
constructive actions and positive thinking and we have to envision a more
beautiful world.
If people change to a more benevolent lifestyle that is
respecting all lives, then we will beget life and our lives be spared.
The more vegan people join the circle, the more chance we have to save
the planet.
http://www.france24.com/en/20110219-global-warming-may-increase-water-borne-diseases,
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2011/20110219_aaas_oceansandhealth.html,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8335706/Dust-from-Africa-may-increase-risk-of-seafood-poisoning.html,
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-02/20/c_13740319.htm,
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110219/hl_afp/scienceusclimatewarmingdisease_20110219220222 Extra NewsTo encourage savings of both energy and
finances, South Korea implements measures such as the night-time switching off
all commercial neon and other outdoor lights in the business and entertainment
districts of capital city Seoul.
http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFTOE72704Q20110308http://www.euronews.net/newswires/781081-lights-go-out-in-seoul-amid-energy-crunch/Workers clear thousands upon thousands of fish carcasses from Thiền Quang Lake
in Hà Nội, Âu Lạc (Vietnam) after the aquatic life perished en masse for reasons
that may have been related to climate or pollution.
http://vn.news.yahoo.com/vne/20110307/tpl-ca-chet-trang-tren-ho-thien-quang-50f20d3.htmlhttp://vnexpress.net/gl/xa-hoi/2011/03/ca-chet-trang-tren-ho-thien-quang/http://www.baomoi.com/Ca-chet-noi-trang-ho-Thien-Quang/141/5819682.epi
Australia witnesses a second wettest summer
this year while the state of Victoria records the most precipitation in 111
years.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-03/07/c_13764681.htmhttp://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/national/8963392/second-wettest-summer-in-111-years/
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