Lets fight Global Warming

ScienceDaily (Dec. 28, 2007) — The loss of deep-sea species poses a severe threat to the future of the oceans, suggests a new report publishing early online on December 27th and in the January 8th issue of Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press. In a global-scale study, the researchers found some of the first evidence that the health of the deep sea, as measured by the rate of critical ecosystem processes, increases exponentially with the diversity of species living there.

link:- http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071227184100.htm#


Seriously... this is a matter of great concern. We tend to take the marine life for granted but this study has really come as an eye opener.

Carbon Dioxide
Methane
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Tetraflouromethane
Sulphur hexaflouride

If you're in India and are concerned about Global Warming... please take time out to sign this petition. One signature can make a difference. YOU can make a difference:-


Online petition - Campaign Against Climate Change, India

The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the international Framework Convention on Climate Change with the objective of reducing Greenhouse gases that cause climate change. It was agreed on 11 December 1997 at the 3rd Conference of the Parties to the treaty when they met in Kyoto, and entered into force on 16 February 2005.

As of November 2007, 174 parties have ratified the protocol. Of these, 36 developed countries (plus the EU as a party in its own right) are required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to the levels specified for each of them in the treaty (representing over 61.6% of emissions from Annex I countries) [1] [2], with three more countries intending to participate[3]. One hundred and thirty-seven (137) developing countries have ratified the protocol, including Brazil, China and India, but have no obligation beyond monitoring and reporting emissions.


for the full article and more details... check out Wikipedia:
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol
picture:- countries which are a part of the protocol

Following Canada's lead, the US will now be phasing out inefficient incandescent lights bulbs in favour of compact fluorescents by 2012. This is a welcome news since it will surely help reduce Global warming to an extent...

(contributed by our reader)


I watched a programme on a local Indian news channel India TV and they said that according to a NASA scientist, by 2012, all the ice in the Arctic belt will melt and major cities like Mumbai, New York, Kolkatta and all those which are perched near the seas will sink! Previously predicted to melt by 2040, now they're saying it'll melt in 2012!

It's high time nations like the USA and other developed nations woke up and curtailed emissions of harmful gases in the atmosphere. We too can make a difference. This problem, which was sidelined and ignored so far has taken a dangerous turn.