Ancient mega-drought
parched Africa
and Asia.
New research by
an international team
of scientists indicates that
a catastrophic drought
that occurred
some 15,000 years ago
dramatically affected
humans in ancient Africa
and southern Asia,
and may indicate what
future droughts could be
like if global warming
continues to worsen.
Dr. Curt Stager of
Paul Smith's College,
New York USA
led the study, which
analyzed sediment cores
from lakes in Africa
to establish ancient
climate conditions
in what was one of
the most intense and
extensive dry periods
in the history
of modern humans.
During the mega-drought,
Africa's legendary
Lake Victoria and other
water bodies dried up
as the Nile, Congo
and other major rivers
shriveled.
Although the cause of
this massive change
in climate is not known,
the scientists say
that the timing could
link it to an occurrence
known as
the Heinrich Event 1 (H1),
which coincided with
a huge release of icebergs
and melt-water that
caused regional cooling
as they entered
the North Atlantic Ocean
but also led to prolonged
droughts in the tropics.
Our appreciation,
Dr. Stager and colleagues
on this study of
past climate change
which aids
our understanding of the
planet's current situation.
May we avert such
drastic impacts to all life
on the planet by quickly
turning to effective
eco-protecting ways.
During a January 2011
videoconference
with Supreme Master
Television staff
in California, USA,
Supreme Master Ching Hai
spoke about
mega-drought conditions
being repeated now along
with their root cause.
Supreme Master Ching Hai: As you know already
from scientific
news reports,
we have tens of thousands
of people hungry due to
the Amazon drought.
Also, such a severe,
they call “mega-drought,”
usually occurs only once
in many decades,
or century.
Now, the latest one
is only several years ago,
five years ago,
scientists say that droughts
related to global warming
are very different
from normal droughts.
They are more permanent,
more severe,
and irreversible
Trees die,
not only the oldest ones,
but of all ages,
even the young ones,
and all sizes.
Regions most vulnerable
are the US Southwest,
southeast Asia,
eastern South America,
Western Australia,
southern Europe,
southern Africa,
and northern Africa.
And if we continue
to live our lives the way
most people do right now,
it will get worse and worse.
Supreme Master Ching Hai: Karma (retribution)
changes so fast because
we create new patterns
of karma (retribution)
all the time and that,
in turn, affects the weather,
and the weather
affects us, of course.
And all this
are due to the consequences
of the way
we live our lives.
Not benevolent enough.
http://x-journals.com/2011/ancient-catastrophic-drought-leads-to-question-how-severe-can-climate-
change-become/,
http://www.livescience.com/12978-ancient-megadrought-climate-change-africa.htmlExtra NewsLaunched by internet
company Google,
start-up enterprise
Transphorm is
developing modules
for electrical devices
to reduce current
conversion energy loss
by up to 90%, a change
that could save
US$40 billion
across the US electrical
power grid alone.
http://www.france24.com/en/20110224-google-backed-startup-zaps-electricity-waste
Once thought to be
a heat tolerant crop,
recent scientific tests
conducted by
the International Maize
and Wheat Improvement
Center in Mexico have
shown that the vital grain
maize suffers pronounced
declines with prolonged
exposure to temperatures
above 30 degrees Celsius,
especially in combination
with drought.
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/857944-climate-rise-places-africas-vital-maize-crop-at-risk,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1366156/Global-warming-putting-Africas-vital-maize-crop-risk-claim-scientists.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
A study led by
Germany's
Potsdam Institute for
Climate Impact Research
finds expanded benefits
for reducing
European Union
greenhouse gas emissions
even further, as millions
of extra jobs could be
created that would help
the continent recover
from economic slowdowns
and increase growth.
http://www.spa.gov.sa/English/details.php?id=866720 ,
http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2027916/deeper-emissions-cuts-pull-europe-economic-mire
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