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What Scientists are Saying\u00a0about Our Planet<\/h1>\n

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“The entire ice cap of Greenland has almost completely disappeared.”\u00a0<\/em>– NASA<\/h4>\n

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Greenland Ice Sheet<\/h2>\n

The Greenland ice sheet is a vast body of ice covering 1,710,000 square kilometers, roughly 80% of the surface of Greenland. It is the second largest ice body in the world, after the Antarctic Ice Sheet.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”42425″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For several days this month (July 2012), Greenland\u2019s surface ice cover melted over a larger area than at anytime in more than 30 years of satellite observations. Nearly the entire ice cover of Greenland, from its thin, low-lying coastal edges to its two mile thick center, experienced some degrees of melting at its surface, according to measurements from three independent satellites analyzed by NASA and university scientist.<\/p>\n

Greenland Ice Caps go from 40% melted to 97% melted in one week. During the month of June 2012 a iceberg twice the size of Manhattan split from Greenland. During that same period 3,215 high-temperature records across the United States were broken or tied.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”4″][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pollution is more dangerous than SARS (Severe acute respiratory syndrome), because no one can escape it.\u201d<\/em> – Chinese Scientists<\/h4>\n

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Pollution in China<\/h1>\n

Former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said health safeguards would be improved and efforts would be made to control air pollution and make water supplies safer.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s leaders are confronting growing anger over choking pollution and contaminated water that is unsafe to drink.
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The Cost of Pollution<\/h1>\n
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Ref. the Huffington Post:<\/em> Worldwide air pollution caused 5.5 million deaths in 2013 from lung cancer stroke, bronchitis and other diseases \u2014 more than malaria or AIDS; And the cost of pollution-related illness and deaths is $255 billion in lost labor last year, the World Bank said in a new report on Sept 8.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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One tenth of all deaths in 2013 came from air pollution, said the World Bank.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But the real cost is even higher – more than $5 trillion in 2013 a year – when the Bank economists included what they call \u201cwelfare costs\u201d – the money people would be willing to pay to prevent an early death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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One in ten deaths around world is from air pollution, said the Bank\u2019s report authors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And even if London, New York and other wealthy cities have greatly cut pollution in recent decades, the toxic fumes have greatly increased in China, India and other growing economies.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Regarding outdoor pollution, some 87 percent of world population lives in areas above World Health Organization guidelines, said the Bank report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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About half the deaths are from outdoor air pollution, often from cars, industry and clearing forestland. The other half comes from indoor pollution, mainly from billions of people cooking with wood, dung and other smoke-producing biomass, said Urvashai Narain, senior environmental economist at the World Bank and one of the report authors, in an interview.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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U.S. and other aid agencies have pushed for many years for people to shift from biomass to gas and electricity; or to adopt efficient cook stoves with metal or clay vents to expel smoke.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For example, U.S. foreign aid delivered to rebuild homes in Pakistan after a 2005 earthquake included a sheet metal cooking stove plus a few feet of exhaust pipe per family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, all the improvements from such new technology has been swallowed up, said the World Bank official, by the continued increase in population in developing countries. The planet is set to surge from seven billion today to 10 or even 15 billion in coming decades – depending on whether donor nations are willing to invest in family planning or not. In the United States and in Catholic countries such as the Philippines, providing birth control is a controversial political move.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pollution causes respiratory disease, especially among children who stay close to their mothers in those smoky kitchens, as well as chronic bronchitis and lung cancer said the report authors said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe need to get the private sector to provide technology,\u201d said Ms. Narain. \u201cPrevious cheap fixes did not penetrate the market, or the technology breaks down and there is no support to maintain it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Bank works with a number of governments to develop policies and has made $6.5 billion in loans to cut all forms of pollution between 2009-2016. But the report does not say how to reduce air pollution and save those millions of lives lost each year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe report just shows the cost of pollution. It is a call to action,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe hope the report will lead to more resources to fight pollution.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, the report confines itself to air pollution and ignores the huge number of toxic waste sources poisoning the soil and water.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In addition, the Bank report should have made a plan of action that could begin to reduce pollution, said Richard Fuller, head of the non-governmental organization Pure Earth, which cleans up toxic waste sites in developing countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhat is needed is a plan that varies from city to city to fix this nonsense,\u201d said Fuller in an interview.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cFor example, city X needs those three power plants converted. City Y needs to shut down burning biomass in winter. Another city needs to convert to stringent European diesel standards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe have got to move way from hand-wringing and move to specific actions,\u201d Fuller said. \u201cIt is not rocket science. It is easy. We won\u2019t need to reinvent anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”42427″ img_size=”400×400″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]China now burns 3.8 billions tons of coal each year, nearly as much as the rest of the world combined. China\u2019s CO2 emissions rose by 720 million tons in 2011 a 9.3% increase. Pollution and dust generated in China has been found settling in Japan and places as far away as California.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”4″][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

\u201cAustralia\u2019s Angry Summer of extreme weather was made worst by climate change.” – <\/em>Australian Government Commission<\/h4>\n

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Australia<\/h1>\n

An Australian government commission says that what was termed \u201cAustralia\u2019s Angry Summer\u201d of extreme weather was \u201cmade worst\u201d by climate change. Part of Australia\u2019s Climate Commission\u2019s report states the following: Extreme weather events dominated the 2012\/2013 Australian summer, including record-breaking heat, severe bush fires, extreme rainfall and damaging flooding. Extreme heat waves and catastrophic bushfire conditions during the \u201cAngry Summer\u201d were made worse by climate changes.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”42428″ img_size=”400×400″ alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]All weather, including extreme weather events, is influenced by climate change. All extreme weather events are now occurring in a climate system that is warmer and moister than it was 50 years ago. This influences the nature, impact and intensity of extreme weather events.<\/p>\n

The Australia\u2019s Climate Commission also draws a connection between climate change extreme rainfall and flooding. The basic physics that underpin the connection between a warming climate and more rainfall are well known. Higher surface ocean temperatures drive more evaporation, leading to more water vapor in the atmosphere. This, in turn, leads to more precipitation (rainfall, snow or hail).<\/p>\n

The U.S. experienced a severe heat wave during the month of July 2011, a total of 9000 temperature records were set, 64 people were killed and over two thirds of the population was affected. 100 degrees plus temperature days were experienced on a regular bases. Scientist are now connecting the dots between extreme weather events and climate change.<\/p>\n

According to scientist at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), is that higher temperatures caused by global warming are disrupting the flow of planetary waves that oscillate between Arctic and tropical regions, redistributing the warm and cold air that usually help regulate the Earth\u2019s climate. \u201cWhen they swing up, these waves suck warm air from the tropics to Europe, Russia, or the US, and when they swing down, they do the same thing with cold air from the Arctic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another recent study by scientist at Harvard highlights how changes to air circulation patterns are spreading drought. As warm tropical air rises, it triggers rain before migrating to higher latitudes. The dry air then descends, heats up and eventually travels again, landing in regions characterized by desert.
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Research shows that the incidence of trapped waves has and continues to increase dramatically. That means that the heat waves are not only here to stay, they\u2019ll become more frequent and will linger longer.
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“…the conclusion that sub-lethal exposure to neonicitinoids is likely the main culprit for the occurrence of Colony Collapse Disorder.” – Bulletin of Insectology<\/h4>\n

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Honey Bees<\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”42429″ img_size=”450×400″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]The average person may not quite understand the vital importance of the honey bees on our planet. As pollinators it is said that they are responsible for over 130 different fruit and vegetable crops that we eat. They also pollinate large numbers of flowers. It has also been stated that at least 70% of our table foods would totally disappear from the planet without the honey bees.<\/p>\n

Honey bees are dying at alarming rates all around the globe and researchers don\u2019t know why the honey bees are disappearing. The strangest thing is not only are the honey bees dying off but there are no dead bodies left to examine or perform autopsies on. It is like they completely vanish into thin air. However, scientist have come up with a name. It is being called Colony Collapse Disorder and it is happening to around a third of commercial beehives, over a million colonies every year.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]The average person may not quite understand the vital importance of the honey bees on our planet. As pollinators it is said that they are responsible for over 130 different fruit and vegetable crops that we eat. They also pollinate large numbers of flowers. It has also been stated that at least 70% of our table foods would totally disappear from the planet without the honey bees.<\/p>\n

Honey bees are dying at alarming rates all around the globe and researchers don\u2019t know why the honey bees are disappearing. The strangest thing is not only are the honey bees dying off but there are no dead bodies left to examine or perform autopsies on. It is like they completely vanish into thin air.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”42430″ img_size=”600×500″ alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]However, scientist have come up with a name. It is being called Colony Collapse Disorder and it is happening to around a third of commercial beehives, over a million colonies every year. New more recent studies are now pointing a finger at\u00a0a class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids. The neonicotiniods also referred to as \u201cneonics\u201d for short,\u00a0coat a massive 142 million acres of corn, wheat, soy\u00a0and cotton seeds. They are also a common ingredient in\u00a0home gardening products. It\u2019s still not definitely know\u00a0that this is the culprit. Scientist tend to think it is a\u00a0combination of possibilities including a virus or fungus,\u00a0pesticides and even electromagnetic radiation from\u00a0cell phones. This problem of bee-population collapse\u00a0is not just a big problem in the USA but it seems to be\u00a0spreading worldwide and has been seen as far away as\u00a0Europe and India.<\/p>\n

A more recent report and studies on the mystery of Honey Bee \u2018Colony Collapse Disorder\u2019 definitely points the finger at a class of pesticides know as neoniotinoids – insecticides that also act as nerve poisons and mimic the effect of nicotine. The paper published May 9, 2014 in the Bulletin of Insectology, \u201creinforces the conclusion that sub-lethal exposure to neonicitinoids is likely the main culprit for the occurrence of CCD.\u2019[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”4″][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

“The lungs of our planet are\u00a0disappearing at an alarming rate.”\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n

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The Rain Forest<\/h1>\n

The Rainforest often referred to as the lungs of the planet is disappearing at a frightening rate. The Rainforest though is much much more then just the lungs of our planet. It now covers only 6% of the earth\u2019s land surface, down from 14% coverage. What Rainforest that remains could be gobbled up in less than a half a century if deforestation continues at the current rate.
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“Mount Everest has lost 13% of it\u2019s glacier snow over the last 50 years.”\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n

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Mount Everest<\/h1>\n

Mount Everest is the highest mountain, with a peak at 8,848 metres above sea level and the 5th tallest mountain measured from the centre of the Earth. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

NBC News notes that Himalayan glaciers provide power and water for close to 1.5 billion people. This is extremely critical since the downstream populations are so dependent on the melt water for agriculture, drinking and power production.<\/p>\n

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Data also shows that the temperature has increased by slightly more that 1 degree Fahrenheit. There has also been a 3.9 % decrease in precipitation during the pre-monsoon and winter months in the last 20 years.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”4″][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

“GeoEngineering or Chemtrails are doing more damage to the planet\u2019s ecosystems than all other forms of pollution combined.”\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n

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Chemtrails \/ GeoEngineering<\/h1>\n

Scientist are saying that GeoEngineering or Chemtrails are doing more damage to the planet\u2019s Eco-systems than all other forms of pollution combined. GeoEngineering is weather modification on a global scale by solar obscuration to block the sun with toxic metal particulates. One major ideology SRM Solar Radiation Management is the science of controlling sunlight before it reaches the planet. These aeorosols are dispersed by \u2018unmarked\u2019 jet planes creating these Chemtrails, lines of reflective artificial clouds.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”42433″ img_size=”600×600″ alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]These Chemtrails contain a dangerous and extremely poisonous mix of chemicals, mainly Aluminum, Barium and Strontium.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They can also contain:<\/p>\n