Global Warming Threatens Ganges (8)

1 Name: Unverified Source : 2007-06-20 12:19 ID:KX6IvGyO

Redorbit.com
Global Warming Threatens Ganges
Global warming threatens one of the world's major religions, Hinduism, with its potential to affect one of its sacred resources, the Ganges River in India.

Up to 70 percent of the Ganges' water during summer comes from run-off from Himalayan glaciers. Those glaciers are shrinking by about 40 yards a year, which scientists say is about twice as fast as 20 years ago, The Washington Post reported on its Web site Saturday.

For Hindus, who number 800 million in India, the Ganges is a source of healing they refer to as Ganga Ma.

Ganga Ma is everything to Hindus, says one believer who goes by the single name Ramedi. It's our chance to attain nirvana.

Veer Bhadra Mishra, director of the Sankat Mochan Foundation, which advocates for the preservation of the more than 1,500-mile river, calls the glaciers' melting a terrible thing.

This may be the first place on Earth where global warming could hurt our very religion, Mishara said. We are becoming an endangered species of Hindus.

A United Nations climate report says the glaciers could disappear by 2030 as temperatures rise. The World Wildlife Fund says the Ganges is among the world's most endangered rivers.



Source: United Press International

2 Name: Unverified Source : 2007-07-07 20:36 ID:Heaven

I hope ganges fries is oil.

3 Name: Unverified Source : 2007-07-12 07:56 ID:Heaven

In the 60's they were talking about "global cooling" being a problem... TAKE POLITICS OUT OF SCIENCE!

4 Name: Mystery benefactor aims to enrich toilet visitors : 2007-07-13 15:33 ID:ZVadlv0T

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070711TDY02006.htm

The Yomiuri Shimbun

At least 47 envelopes containing 10,000 yen and a letter have been found in restrooms of local government offices in Saitama and Akita prefectures, spokesmen of the local governments said.

In Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, a visitor at the city government office found nine of the envelopes at around noon Thursday in the men's restroom on the first floor. The visitor informed city government employees, and they informed police.

On the washi envelope that wrapped a 10,000 yen bill, the word hosha (token of gratitude) was written. The letter, written with a calligraphy brush, was addressed to "dear visitor who came today," and said, "Please use the enclosed bequest of 10,000 yen as a fund for your training."

Ten similar envelopes were found around the same time in the men's restroom on the first floor of the Saitama prefectural government office and the Saitama city government office, respectively. Both offices reported the incidents to the police.
(Jul. 11, 2007)

5 Name: 4 : 2007-07-13 15:34 ID:Heaven

>>4

please disregard that.

6 Name: Unverified Source : 2007-07-13 20:10 ID:Heaven

>>4>>5 omg ur so stupid

7 Name: Unverified Source : 2007-07-14 05:25 ID:Heaven

>>6

yeah, I know....

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8 Name: Unverified Source : 2007-07-20 20:15 ID:0wp3fW2e

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