Spent the whole evening watching documentary, one after another give me pretty good knowledge of what happened and will happen in the near future. Earth Report documentary by National Geographic Channel today explain about the climate change and the worse cases scenario. The followed by human footprint which tells about our ignorance of the things that we use and put into waste.
Interesting fact from that documentary is that we use eat in average amount of 10 tones of food every year and half of it becomes the waste which end up in the sanitation centre. Damn!!
Other than that, the end credit states that, we human on average counts blink our eyes 415 millions times at the average age. Wow...We fart almost 215 times per month again ata average in which if you gather all the gas and light it up with fire...boom..9 meters height of fire...gempak!!
Another documentary that caught my attention was the : Degree Could Change...something like that... Cool and interesting show. Explain about how the earth will change in every 1 degree Celsius. Even a one degree can melt about 23km of North Pole. Can Change the Landscape of Amazon to become 1/3 of desert.
2 degree increase can make the Ganges River to drop its level, Glassier in Himalayan will melt and could be a sudden change of part Heat Storm..Part Rain Fall..and some both at the same day.
China emits the most CO2 in the past 10 years. this comes through the rapid development in the country. And They come to realize that they need to change their way and finally end 0f 2008, researcher admits that China is at the top rank of becoming the Eco-Friendly country with effort to help reduce the climate change.
Congratulation to China and well as Australia. Where is Malaysia in the eyes of the world. Is it a good or bad thing. I wonder...
Here to share some fact: (from Earth Day:http://www.earthday.net)
| By 2030 the number of automobiles in the world will increase by 50%. |
| According to Chevron, the world consumes two barrels of oil for every barrel discovered. |
| It took 125 years to consume the first trillion barrels of oil – the world will consume the next trillion in only 30 years, according to Chevron. |
| By 2030 the world will consume 47% more oil than it did in 2003. |
| During the last one hundred years the global temperature has warmed between 0.7-1.5°C. |
| It is predicted that global temperatures in 2100 will be 1.4-5.8°C warmer than they were in 1990. |
| The current pace of sea-level rise is 50% faster then in the last century. |
| Scientists estimate the sea level will rise by 3.5-34.6 inches by 2100. |
| Much of the United States has already warmed, by as much as 4°F. |
| The five warmest years over last century have likely been: 2005, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004. The top 10 warmest years have all occurred since 1990. |
| Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, carbon dioxide (a green house gas linked to climate change) in the atmosphere has increased by 35%. |
| Diseases such as malaria are predicted to spread as the world grows warmer, due to the carriers of disease spreading out over a larger geographical area. |
| Of particular concern is the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. A sudden collapse would raise sea levels 16-20 feet, though the likelihood of such a collapse before the year 2100 is low. |
| Despite natural emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by volcanoes, for example, human activities are now adding about 7 billion metric tons of carbon into the atmosphere every year. |
| New energy discoveries are mainly occurring in places where resources are difficult to extract-physically, technically, economically, and politically. |
| Oil production is in decline in 33 of the 48 largest oil producing countries,3 yet energy demand is increasing around the globe as economies grow and nations develop. |
| Oil and gas currently provide more than half of the world’s energy supply, and according to the International Energy Agency, they—along with coal (which also releases CO2)—will continue to be the major sources of energy well into the 21st century unless things are changed. |
| The International Energy Agency estimates that the world will need to invest $16 trillion over the next three decades to maintain and expand energy supply. |
| Over half the world’s oil supplies lie in just 5 countries. |
| Agriculture and biodiversity are already being impacted by global warming. 10% of all known plant species are under threat of extinction. |
| Over 20 Million Americans, 6.3 million of which are children, suffer from asthma. Public health experts are worries that those numbers will rise with continued greenhouse gas emissions. |
| People living in cities such as Atlanta, Baltimore, and Cincinnati could by mid-century see a 60% increase in the number of high smog level days. |
| Diseases such as malaria and West Nile virus will occur in large numbers in the United States as a result of warmer temperatures. |
| The Arctic ice pack has lost an area about twice the size of Texas since the mid-1970's. |
| Automobiles count for almost a third of the U.S.'s Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions - the largest source after power plants. |
| Each gallon of gasoline burned creates 20 pounds of CO2. |
| Vehicles in the United States release more CO2 than all the energy sources (such as heating, electricity, vehicles, and factories) in all of India. |
| As many as 15-37% of all wildlife species in some regions could be "committed to extinction" by 2050 years because of global climate change. |
| Salmon, trout, and waterfowl are particularly vulnerable to climate change. |
| Climate change is having a disastrous effect on coral reefs, including in the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, and Mexico. |
| Winter temperatures in the Arctic have warmed by as much as 7° F over the last 60 years, a faster rate than in any other region. This affects wildlife such as foxes, caribou, walruses, and polar bears. It also affects the lifestyles of native peoples in the Arctic. |
| By planting a large tree that creates shade, one can reduce heating and cooling costs annually by up to 40%. |
