Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The End
I bid thee farewell..... Laterz~
Global Warming in the UAE
The unique “Green Community” will open in late 2009 in the heart of the emirate and is the brainchild of the Masdar Initiative, a multi-billion dollar response to the global need for advanced energies and sustainability-related technologies, driven by the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (ADFEC).
Masdar CEO Sultan Al Jaber said: “By attempting the first carbon neutral city in the world, Masdar is demonstrating its commitment to change the way the world understands energy and sustainable resource utilisation. One day all cities will be built like this.” Inside, a host of science and research institutes and laboratories, dedicated to developing sustainable resources and energy, will join a residential space for employees and a carefully selected pool of international tenants who will invest, develop and commercialise advanced technologies.
For more info check http://www.7days.ae/en/2007/05/09/eco-friendly-revolution.html
The effect of Global Warming on Sea level...
Glaciers and ice shelves around the world are melting. The loss of large areas of ice on the surface could accelerate global warming because less of the sun's energy would be reflected away from Earth to begin with. An immediate result of melting glaciers would be a rise in sea levels. Initially, the rise in sea level would only be an inch or two. Even a modest rise in sea levels could cause flooding problems for low-lying coastal areas. However, if the West Antarctic Ice Sheet were to melt and collapse into the sea, it would push sea levels up 10 meters (more than 32 feet), and many coastal areas would completely disappear beneath the ocean.
The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) estimates that sea levels rose 17 centimeters (or about 6.7 inches) in the 20th century. Scientists project rising sea levels to continue through the 21st century, with levels increasing between 7 and 22 inches by 2100. The IPCC did not consider changes in ice flow in these projections due to a lack of scientific data. Sea levels will likely be greater than the range of projections, but we can't be sure by how much until more data can be gathered about the effect of global warming on ice flows.