Dr. Jeffrey Kiehl of
the US National Center
for Atmospheric
Research (NCAR)
headed a study of how
the Earth's past climate
might forecast the future
due to climate change. He estimated that
if the current rate of
burning fossil fuels
were to continue
to the end of this century,
concentrations of CO2
in the atmosphere
would reach around
900 to 1,000 parts
per million, compared
to pre-industrial levels
of 280 and 390 today.
If CO2 concentrations of
that magnitude are reached,
it could take tens of
thousands of years
for it to be removed
by natural processes. The last time
CO2 concentrations
were so high was 30
to 100 million years ago,
when temperatures
were also much higher.
Dr. Kiehl estimates
that the global average
temperature under
this scenario would reach
around 16 degrees Celsius
higher than
in pre-industrial times.
He stated, “If we don't
start seriously working
toward a reduction
of carbon emissions,
we are putting our planet
on a trajectory
that the human species
has never experienced.
We will have committed
human civilization to
living in a different world
for multiple generations.”
Dr. Kiehl and associates
at the National Center
for Atmospheric Research,
we appreciate
these insights,
despite their troubling
implications.
May this dire potential
scenario for the Earth
and her inhabitants
motivate us toward
choices that ensure a
livable future for all beings.
As during this October
2009 videoconference
in Formosa (Taiwan),
Supreme Master Ching Hai
has often explained
scientific findings that
also point to a solution
to the global warming
problem.
Supreme Master Ching Hai : Carbon dioxide
takes many decades
to leave our atmosphere,
but methane has a lifetime
of about 12 years only.
Therefore, it's more
effective and smart for us
to focus on methane first,
and to do that we have to
stop its number one source,
the meat industry.
And for that,
we must change our diet.
Also, when we plant
organic
the organic farming
will also absorb
another 40%, at least,
of the carbon dioxide
in the air already.
Then we will be singing,
our world will be saved.
Our children
will continue to live
in this home forever.
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