Global Warming

My solution is to save Environment .

From the film “an inconvenient truth,” and from the article, “the mirror of our fate”

My Audiences is teacher and student

February 2, 2007

Wetlands Day in the light of climate change

International Wetlands Day, the second of February, is this year dominated by the news about climate change. This day, the UN present a report acknowledging the link between human activities and climate change. The importance of conserving and restoring wetlands for fighting climate change is still not acknowledged enough.

Wetlands are crucial for fighting climate change. This relation: <http://www.wetlands.org/articlemenu.aspx?id=a472daf3-e26a-4d5e-8248-5477e91a9a59> is still quite unknown and not acknowledged yet by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); the UN organisation that presented today’s report.

Wetland destruction is fuelling climate change. More than 8% of all global CO2 emissions originate from the destroyed wetlands of just South-east Asia. In this region, huge area of peatlands are drained. The organic peat oxidises because of this, resulting enormous CO2 emissions. A recent scientific study reveals this clearly (see www.wetlands.org/peat-co2 ).

Wetlands are also the ecosystems that are able to function as carbon sinks. Forests can only store a limited amount of carbon. Many wetland types however are storing carbon as an ongoing process, in the form of peat. In this way, the amount of carbon comparable with 70 years of the current CO2 emissions is stored in wetlands.

Finally, wetlands can mitigate the extreme weather events that result from climate change. Just two examples: peatlands and other marshes can store huge a mounts of fresh water after extreme rainfall. This prevents floods. The areas also slowly release freshwater during long dry periods. Coastal wetlands like coral reefs and mangroves strongly mitigate the impact of storms.

All these crucial links between wetland ecosystems and climate change are still hardly acknowledged. Wetlands International calls for more attention for this on Wetlands Day 2007.

The Environment

Name: Rasmey Kao
Date: 1-14-07

The Environment
It seems happened for many years in our society about the natural disaster. Who should be blame? We have invaded the habitat of the animals to live. We have cut forest to use for building houses. We take their place as the territories; build the cities, village and resorts. In addition we also have killed animals for many reasons. We get the meat to eat, and we get their skin to make cloths, backs, and shoes. Some animals were killed, and some others were trapped. We polluted our atmosphere, because of the new technologies, and we produced so much gasoline.
The populations keep growing and the new technologies have been invented by scientist. According to Jared Diamond, titled “the mirror of our ate” “The most obvious difference is that to day we have six billion people equipped with heavy metal machines and nuclear power whereas the Esther Islanders had at most a few tens of thousands of people with stones chisels and human muscle power. Yet the Esther Islanders still managed to devastate their environment and bring their society to the point of collapse.”
We should protect our nature, such as animals and forest. The forests are the main sanctuary for animals to live and to grow up. If people destroy the territory that all the animals live, they will not have places to live. And finally all species are diapering in our planet. We all are involved in these crises.

I Have a dream

Last Monday it was Martin Luther King’s Holiday. We were reminded by the media about Dr kING’S dream, that we all share of justic and equality for all.

“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”

As I think about the meaning of Dr King’s words, I relized that 42 years have passed since the day when he stood on the steps of the Lincon memorial.

I am enjoyed reading the novel called “diary of young girl.

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