Natural disasters in Myanmar, USA and China: Is the Earth trying to tell us something?
May 12, 2008
Cyclones in Myanmar, Killer Tornados across the U.S.A. and now a record Earthquake in China this morning killing nine thousand. begs the question as to the importance of the homeostatic nature of the earth and the current homeostatic deviation from what is considered normal for the earth’s cyclic stability. Given that correlation and causation might not be applicable in the cyclones that devastated Myanmar according to climate experts, I am forced to think otherwise with the understanding that climate experts, thought leaders and, researchers are still seeking for answers as to why the earth is behaving in abnormal ways as compared to years past. From a modernization standpoint, industrialization has penetrated the better parts of the globe resulting in extensive amounts of green house gases among other chemicals being released into the atmosphere everyday. Could these gases be the underlying causes of the abnormal weather across the earth? Are there other destructive properties in these exhaust chemicals that researchers and climate experts are unaware of or are having difficulty in piecing together. The truth of the matter is that the question is still debatable? But the fact is that the effects of climate change are visually apparent with the increased melting of the icecaps, the increases in atmospheric temperature globally, floods occurring in various regions of the globe, and hurricane season starting earlier in the year and ending later together with increasing frequencies and strength among other manifestations of what is disastrous weather.
The following is a link to a published article on climate change and the effects in Bangladesh. Read the Abstract below.
Climate change impacts and adaptation Assessment in Bangladesh
by Anwar Ali
Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization (SPARRSO), Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
ABSTRACT: Bangladesh is likely to be one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change. This paper discusses the possible impacts of climate change in Bangladesh through tropical cyclones, storm surges, coastal erosion and back water effect. The possible increase in cyclone frequency in the Bay of Bengal, lying south of Bangladesh, due to climate change is looked at by analyzing the cyclone data for 119 yr. Both qualitative and quantitative discussions are made on cyclone intensity increase for a sea surface temperature rise of 2 and 4°C. Different scenarios of storm surges under different climate change conditions are developed by using a numerical model of storm surges for the Bay of Bengal. Possible loss of land through beach erosion due to sea level rise on the eastern coast of Bangladesh is examined. Some discussions are also made on the impacts of back water effect due to sea level rise on flood situations in the country. Finally, a few remarks are made on the adaptation options for Bangladesh in the event of climate change.
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Global Warming?
Some environmentalists suggested global warming may have played a role. Last year the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that warming oceans could contribute to increasingly severe cyclones with stronger winds and heavier rains. “While we can never pinpoint one disaster as the result of climate change, there is enough scientific evidence that climate change will lead to intensification of tropical cyclones,” said Sunita Narain, director of the India-based environmental group Centre for Science and Environment. “Nargis is a sign of things to come,” she said. “The victims of these cyclones are climate change victims, and their plight should remind the rich world that it is doing too little to contain its greenhouse gas emissions.” Weather experts, however, are divided over whether global warming is a factor in catastrophic storms. At a January conference of the American Meteorological Society, some experts postulated that warmer ocean temperatures may actually reduce the strength of cyclones and hurricanes.
Please watch the following video on the impact of temperature increases.
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4 Responses to “Natural disasters in Myanmar, USA and China: Is the Earth trying to tell us something?”
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Even if the entire world goes green, the question is, would that be enough to stop global warming?
Or more, can the changes already set in motion by global warming be stopped?
The process has already begun and only gaining momentum.. If the process stop it means that life in the modern world as we know it stops also but such is never going to happen if man has something to say about it. Going green will slow the process and maybe just maybe when our sources of energy becomes cleaner, we will be able impact a dramatic change in a positive way.
You have to understand that the world has become so connected, something happens in India 5 minutes later we know about it, now don’t get me wrong I believe in global warming and I believe that we play a big part in the way our environment is reacting today, but if you look at history there has been disaster after disaster for many years and the reason it all seems so much worse in today’s world is because these disasters #1 it interrupts out technology (electricity ect.), #2 The population has grown dramatically (more people are affected) #3 The fact that we are all so globally connected (internet, phones ect.)