Ice Free (Comment-1)

The current issues of sustainable development affecting the world are global warming, poverty and biodiversity among them. So, for the first topic in my first blog, I chose the article related to global warming. Well, the topic is very common one and perhaps become number 1 issue for the 2008 and past several years.

Some people see the global warming is just hypothetical but I believe that the global warming is happening. From the previous reading, the phenomenon of global warming has been proven. The clearest problem that noted by the scientists was rising temperatures would surely melt the glaciers, raising the sea level and flooding the coastal areas.

In my observation, many kinds damage were already beginning to appear. The Hurricane Katrina in the United States of America, Typhoon Durian in Philippines and the Indian Ocean Tsunami have seen many people killed, affected and losses in economic.

On the one hand, the frozen island’s residents in Greenland will get the benefits from the early stages of climate change. There are some positives aspects to the ice melting. Now, the ships could use the Northwest Passage by no longer having to travel through the Panama Canal or around Cape Horn (save time and energy). The return of warm-water cod (makes fishermen happy) and they can produce the crops, which never been expected a few years earlier.

Also, with the barrels of undiscovered oil and gas, lead, zinc, gold and diamond will make a profit. However, this profit will be temporary, as time goes on, the production will finish later.
(Mans can be so greedy. Just become aware that your thoughts and actions affect the world and then become aware that you can learn how to take control of those thoughts).

On the other hand, global warming threatens future economic development and well-being of large numbers of human beings. The raising of sea level has submerged the coastlines where many millions of people now live. The people in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and China were already seen the effects. In this case, global warming is likely to burden the poor countries and will affect rich countries too. Unfortunately, both countries have to cover the costs of the damage.

Many of species have been lost through the disturbance. Then, gave a critical effect on the food supply for both humans and other organisms. Finally, the degradation of ecosystems will threat to human health and mortality will rise.

How to mitigate the global warming? Here is the most critical part. To reduce any risks and to mitigate any impacts, the management tools such as environmental evaluation and risk assessment can be applied. Well, good practices in environmental management will go a long way in reducing our vulnerability to natural and man-made disasters.

There are certain things that we can’t control but there are those that we can. No matter what others do for our planet, we can start by protecting it ourselves. We can start with our own homes. I keep on telling my family to recycle what can be recycled, do not throw garbage everywhere and educate them about open burning. Sometimes, burning the thrash and yard waste is like a habit for most live in rural areas.

p/s:my mom will do the same thing when nobody want to send the garbages to the garbage container.

I hope that more people will, more and more, overwhelmingly support legislation and others action to reduce the carbon emissions and tackle other environmental problems.