Carbon dioxide levels at record high.
Recent figures from the Zeppelin research station in northern Norway indicated atmospheric carbon dioxide levels of 397 parts per million, a record high that represents an increase of more than 2.5 parts per million compared to 2008.
Climate scientists advise CO2 levels below 450 parts per million to avoid a rise in temperature of 2 degrees Celsius compared to the preindustrial global average. There is also an additional concern. Dr. Johan Strom, professor of
atmospheric physics at the Norwegian Polar Institute, which collected the data explained: “What is very worrying is the speed of change.
Levels [here] are now increasing 2-3 parts per million a year.
The rate of increase is much faster than only 10-20 years ago. ...
Never before have CO2 levels increased so fast.” Dr. Strom and
colleagues at the Norwegian Polar Institute, we sincerely appreciate your work in highlighting our planet’s fragile state.
Let us take to heart this information in striving for better stewardship of the world that we share with all beings.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/27/arctic-carbon-dioxide-levels Potential crisis in Coral Triangle. Extending between the Pacific and Indian Oceans, the underwater region that is known as the Amazon rainforest of the marine world is being endangered by overfishing and climate change. According to a study commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the Coral Triangle may be completely gone by the end of the century without immediate measures to save the reefs and their hundreds of thousands of incomparable marine species.
Presenting this report at the first World Ocean Conference in Indonesia, the WWF recommended immediate actions, including support from world leaders for the Coral Triangle countries to assist them in preserving their marine environments.
Our gratitude, World Wildlife Fund, for this eye-opening report on the perilous state of the vast coral reef ecosystems. Let us act together swiftly to better care for our oceans, which are intrinsically connected to our own survival.
During a November 2008 interview with Ireland’s East Coast Radio FM, Supreme Master Ching Hai described the plight of the coral reefs in more detail, emphasizing the need to address the root of global warming to preserve all lives on Earth.
Supreme Master Ching Hai : There are many factors that affect coral reefs, like coastal development, water pollution, changing sea water temperature because of global warming. So global warming is the greatest threat as it causes coral bleaching, or when temperature gets too high, and the corals’ important symbiotic algae is lost and exposes their white skeleton, and that's the sign of death for the coral colony.
Q: So, we really do need to do what we can to protect them?
Supreme Master Ching Hai : Yes. We have to stop global warming, that's what. And above all, and most urgently of all, be veg, go green to save the planet, to prevent such trauma and to build a bright future for the world, for our co-citizens.
http://www.france24.com/en/20090510-fight-save-amazon-oceanshttp://www.physorg.com/news161256177.htmlhttp://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/shellfish-warning-great-barrier-2717312http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20091105-19104.html http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/05/20095134511772130.html http://www.panda.org/wwf_news/?164062/Coral-climate-crunch-could-displace-millions
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