Methane gas released from lakes in Arctic region.
US and Canadian scientists in northwestern Canada
have found alarming signs of permafrost melt in the form of “seeps,”
which are leaking pure methane gas from the floorbed of Arctic lakes.
With permafrost, or frozen tundra soil, covering
almost one fifth of the Earth’s surface and containing massive stores
of embedded carbon, permafrost expert Canadian Chris Burn has stated,
“If we lost just 1 percent of the carbon in permafrost today, we'd be
close to a year's contributions from industrial sources.”
The researchers’ concern is amplified since it has
been found that the Arctic region is warming many times faster than the
rest of the world. Thus, these ancient deposits could quickly
decompose, releasing carbon dioxide, along with the more powerfully
warming gas methane. We are grateful for the dedication of the US and
Canadian scientists whose studies in these remote regions show just how
rapidly the Arctic is changing. May this eye-opening research lead to
our own swift actions to stabilize our climate.
In the following excerpt from a June 2008
videoconference with our Association members in England, Supreme Master
Ching Hai addresses the tolls of the meat industry in affecting the
melting permafrost.
Supreme Master Ching Hai:
The permafrost layer is melting each day. And the methane gas, or
other gases even, are releasing into the atmosphere. Methane and
nitrous oxide is made by stock raising, stock keeping, animals keeping.
They are far more poisonous, far more dangerous than CO2. So the effect
is immense. Because the methane gas, it has been trapped all these
centuries, because of stockbreeding, into the lakes, into the
permafrost, into the ocean, and now if it’s melting then the gas will
be released also.
Permafrost layer is melting each day. And
the methane gas, or other gases even, are releasing into the
atmosphere. Methane and nitrous oxide is made by stock raising, stock
keeping, animals keeping. They are far more poisonous, far more
dangerous than CO2. So the effect is immense. Because the methane gas,
it has been trapped all these centuries, because of stockbreeding, into
the lakes, into the permafrost, into the ocean, and now if it’s melting
then the gas will be released also.
On top of that, if we have
daily more animal breeding, more methane gas, then we will never stop.
So just stop killing animals, stop raising animals anymore. And we
don’t produce anymore methane gas, then it is a perfect picture.
Reference:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090830/ap_on_sc/cn_climate_09_troubling_bubbles
http://2020science.org/2009/09/01/geoengineering-the-climate-a-clear-perspective-from-the-royal-society/#
India announces comprehensive climate change study.
Speaking at a recent seminar, India’s Minister of
State for Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh, stated that 200
scientists from more than a hundred organizations will participate in
an in-depth study of global warming throughout the nation, with
findings to be presented in November 2010.
Climate-related events have already been noted in
the South Asian nation in the form of intense cyclones, rising sea
levels and melting Himalayan glaciers. Meanwhile, state governments
have already begun to prepare plans for mitigating global warming
Our heartfelt thanks, scientists and government
officials for your efforts to solve the urgent matter of climate
change. Let us all strive to protect the planet through our harmonious,
sustainable daily actions.
Reference
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/india-launching-major-project-to-study-climate-change-lead_100243640.html, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jairam_Ramesh
Extra News
US scientists employ a web-based algorithm
originally developed by Internet services company Google to help
evaluate the extinction risks posed by the environmental effects of
global warming.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8238462.stm
To symbolically highlight the rapid and detrimental
advances of climate change, 1000 ice sculptures made by Brazilian
artist Nele Azebedo and sponsored by the German World Wildlife fund are
placed on the steps of the nation’s capital in Berlin.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/02/content_11986109.html
http://www.avc2009.org/facts-around-us.html
At
the UNESCO Broadcast Media and Climate Change conference in Paris, UN
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon commends the media for conveying vital
information about global warming, urging for continued efforts in the
days leading up to the Copenhagen conference.
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/broadcasters-asked-to-raise-climate-change-awareness
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