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Started by Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud
Mon, 06 Mar 2006 07:04
WORLD & AUSTRALIA FACE WATER CRISIS
Author: Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 07:04
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 07:04
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WORLD FACES WATER CRISIS AS GLOBAL WARMING UPSETS DELICATE BALANCE Source: Copyright 2006, Sydney Morning Herald Date: March 3, 2006 Byline: Robert Lee Hotz THE ice sheets of Antarctica - the world's largest reservoir of fresh water - are shrinking faster than new snow can fall, scientists have reported in the first comprehensive survey of the continent. Researchers at the University of Colorado found that between 2002 and 2005 Antarctica lost its ice at a rate of 150 cubic kilometres a year, rather than growing from heavier snowfalls as previous research had predicted. At the same time, Africa's rivers face dramatic disruption that will leave a quarter of the continent severely short of water by the end of the century, a separate study has found. An assessment of climate change on Africa's waterways revealed they are highly sensitive to shifts in rainfall patterns. Even modest decreases in rain in parts of Africa will mean rivers lose as much as 80 per cent of their water, triggering a surge of what the scientists call "water refugees". Maarten de Wit, a climate expert at the University of Cape Town who led the study, said the redrawing of Africa's waterways will pose serious political problems as people displaced by droughts are forced into other countries to be near water. Both studies were published in the journal Science on Thursday. The findings suggest that a century of steady increases in global temperatures has altered the seasonal balance of the world's water cycle. Experts say increasing global temperatures - the 10 warmest years on record all occurred since 1990 - may be hastening the demise of the polar ice caps, and estimates of the pace of future sea-level rise could be too low. By previous calculations, Antarctica's coastal glaciers shed enough meltwater every year to raise world sea levels by half a centimetre, even as new snow falling in the interior locked up the same amount in the ice cap. The result was that sea level remained essentially the same from year to year. "A little bit of change in one of these things could throw it all out of balance and, evidently, that is what is going on," said John Wahr, a University of Colorado geophysicist. In the African study, scientists found that in 75 per cent of countries that received between 400mm and 1000mm of rain a year, shifts in rainfall caused larger than expected rises or falls in river levels. In Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, a 10 per cent drop in rainfall is expected to lead to an 81 per cent drop in fresh water from rivers, a situation expected to be mirrored in Madagascar, eastern Zambia and Angola. Originally posted at: http://smh.com.au/news/world/world-faces-water-crisis-as-global-warming-upsets-delicate-balance/2006/03/03/1141191849854.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Brought to you out of concern by : -- Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud Australia Mining Pioneer Founder of the True Geology Exploration Geologist & Offshore Consultant Mobile +33 650 171 464 mining_pioneer/at/yahoo.com http://www.tnet.com.au/~warrigal/grule.html http://users.indigo.net.au/don/tel/index.html ~~ Ignorance Is The Cosmic Sin, The One Never Forgiven ~~
Re: WORLD & AUSTRALIA FACE WATER CRISIS
Author: Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 18:54
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 18:54
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The case is well documented indeed through previous articles ... and the consequences of it upon the health of millions will be extremely interesting to observe. Already Cancer, Brain Tumours, AIDS, Arthritis, reformative arthritis, thrombosis ... and you hopeless sods can only bleat to your Idols and ask your clueless Meaneesterz, Preests, Rabbids & Mollards to intercede for you to some Stratospheric Flying Godly Spook !!! ...although so easy to cure dizzeazzezzz ! I know that with your limited intelligence you are all looking at pathological invisible beings devoted to your loss ! In fact you the Antipodean Dudes are always in the same pattern of thought ... you believe only in things you don't see or don't know about !!! Nom de Dieu, mais c'est pas possible !!!! Typical Antipodean Toads' attitude .. and by the way the poultry here is okay from my point of view ...I never indulge indeed and this from about 40 years now in any carrion feeding and feeding on poor innocent animal corpses ...as do vultures and beasts of prey. So, why should I do something for the poor animals, since they are in any case heading to the slaughter house ! Hey ? Their misery through is somehow shortened, therefore I have all reasons to be happy about the outcome indeed. Avian flu is also nothing to prevent or cure, and very cheap to do to ....6 months ago I cured a priced race horse dying of Pyroplasmose, and this in less than 3 days ..One day more and he was dead ...immediate relief too ! . but this too good to give away to greedy Bastards of your kind ! . ... if you have request in this regards you have in Australia all your official & superior Mining Heroes to give you all those answers ( Tyrwhitt, Thomson, Searls etc ) ! As well, you have the Curtin, ANU, & Monash top rated Universities, and also those most successful Mining Companies which you admire so much i.e. Newmont, Newcrest, BHP & Boral, without forgetting all those great Political MPs of the WA & Federal Parliaments ... THEN why not ask those good people to fund more Reeesearchhh with more millionzzzz, and pay more top brained Sci000ntists to TRY to find out what an Australia Mining Pioneer found with very little means !!! ... the same way that he found the Great Sandy Desert shows ! Go on Bastard put your dough for that fucken Cancer research, as you have done over decades now, and let see how long it will take you to get those answers ! The Boomerang has made a full swing back.. so you Bastards why not play the Didgeridoo with your ANU Degree loaded Witch Doctorzzz ... it might have some result when taking your miracle drugzz ! AND TAKE VINCENT WITH CONFIDENCE TOO ! -- Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud Australia Mining Pioneer Founder of the True Geology Exploration Geologist & Offshore Consultant Mobile +33 650 171 464 mining_pioneer/at/yahoo.com http://www.tnet.com.au/~warrigal/grule.html http://users.indigo.net.au/don/tel/index.html ~~ Ignorance Is The Cosmic Sin, The One Never Forgiven ~~ "Wallrus AnglesowT" <Sow_&_Sow@spammersareverminbigpond.net.au> a οΏ½crit dans le message de news: rn4l02pkv0db50fjfaf6a5m4sk0ofm69u9@4ax.com... snipped poor Anglesow 's piggish humour sample
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