Dwindling ground waters in Eastern India. Scientists have found that the water table in urban areas of the state of Jharkhand has dropped by an average of 60 centimeters compared to last year, prompting some residents to consider moving. Wells and ponds are parched, and some areas are so depleted that authorities may soon have to deem them “dry zones.” Some deep borewells have not yielded water at depths of over 300 meters.
In addition, deep digging increases the risk of poisonous arsenic leaching into the drinking water. The water scarcity is thought to be due to climate change as well as the prevalence of urban area concrete, which acts as a barrier to prevent water from being absorbed by the soil.
We pray for the protection and resiliency of the people of Jharkhand, India. Let us step together toward sustainable lifestyles that support the availability of clean water for all people.
Supreme Master Ching Hai has emphasized that even long term calamities such as drought can be remedied through a virtuous lifestyle change, as she highlights in the following videoconference with our Association members at an international gathering in August 2008.
Supreme Master Ching Hai: But nowadays the disasters are more frequent than ever. If it’s not earthquake, then it is storm, typhoon, drought. This is even more permanent disaster than just earthquake, which lasts not long. Anyway, the bad karma has to be paid. If the people turn to noble lifestyle, just even be vegetarian to save the planet, to save the animals, that’s enough to save them also. But they have to listen.
Even if you pray for the earthquake not to happen, something else will happen to those people who have to experience this kind of thing unless they turn their heart around and take refuge in their own loving great power, compassionate nature; that’s their only refuge. On one hand, we feel very sorry for the people; on the other hand, it’s not much help we can do for them. We can pray for world peace, we can pray for the planet as a whole, but people have to change.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090428/jsp/jharkhand/story_10886666.jsp Improved water management could curb potential food crises. As climate change and the growing world population places higher demands on water, researchers at Sweden’s Stockholm Resilience Center at Stockholm University, as well as the Stockholm Environment Institute and Germany’s Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, have found ways to improve the use of water.
While water usage currently only addresses blue water, or river discharge and groundwater, the scientists suggest including green water, which is water that rainfall leaves in the soil. Their report stated, “Our analysis shows that many water-short countries are able to produce enough food for their populations if green water is considered and managed well.” Our accolades, researchers at Stockholm Resilience Center, Stockholm Environment Institute and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research scientists, for your auspicious discoveries about the world’s water supplies. May our advances in conservation and care for the planet yield
sufficient resources for all.
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2009/05/05/better.water.use.could.reduce.future.food.crises
New frog species discovered in Madagascar. An expedition conducted by the Spanish Scientific Research Council in partnership with a German team led by Professor Miguel Vences of the University of Braunschweig has identified up to 200 new frog species in Madagascar. This latest discovery suggests that the biodiversity of the island nation is much higher than was previously expected, and has led to concern of habitat destruction having a greater impact on more species. What a remarkable find!
Our thanks, Spanish and German scientists, for sharing this heartening news. With Heaven’s grace, may these wondrous frogs and all beings flourish on the beautiful isle of Madagascar for many generations to come.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/06/eco.madagascar.frogs/index.html?iref=24hourshttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/06/eco.madagascar.frogs/index.html
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