S.O.S - Reconcile with Mother Nature

The Khumbu Glacier in Nepal, pictured in 2009, is one of the Himalayan glaciers threatened by global warming (Photo: ICIMOD/ALEX TREADWAY HANDOUT, EPA-EFE)

 With technological excellence, human race is scaling new heights and making life more comfortable. Advocators of technology always vocal about proving their point on how technology keep bringing revolutionary improvement in our livelihood for betterment, which is quite true, but on the flip side what they tend to envelop, willingly or unwillingly, is the fact that every day we are endangering ours own existence by way of marginalizing  natures balance. It is not about how a handful of technological freak advocates and conquers the battle of words, it is about billions of people or rather as we put it these days, “consumers” enslaving themselves by following propaganda orchestrated by those. Although mostly, but not all of these followers are having dearth of information about the hidden danger that are associated, but they fail to transform those information into knowledge until catastrophe happens and they left ruined with only hindsight. It is also true that for consumers it is like chain reaction, everyone gets more influenced or sometimes egoistical to consume things by looking to their immediate upper rung or their close circles. Ego, rather than logic or real need prevails.  

From our childhood days, we are taught to protect our environment and we do exactly the opposite as grownups.  We destroy environment in every step of our life and call it technological advancement. It is better for so called uncivilized tribes, who at least keep camaraderie with nature where they live.  The term ‘Global Warming’ has become more of a fashionable point of discussion around, without could even apprehend the magnitude of danger it heralds.

On 4^th February this year, a report published by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, explained avidly, the danger Global Warming begets with it. According to the report, two thirds of Himalayan glaciers could melt by 2100 if global warming continues. Such a catastrophe can completely disrupt the flow of rivers in eight Asian countries including China and India. If such thing happens, 250 million peoples habitat in the mountain along with another 1.65 billion others who live in the river valleys below will be directly affected. It means that the source of water for drinking, irrigation and all other purposes will completely get destroyed.  “This is the climate crisis you haven’t heard of,” said Phillipus Wester, a scientist with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development.    

 According to the report, the region is known as the “Third Pole” for its huge store of ice. After Antarctica & Greenland, inevitably this place is also threatened by human kindled climate change.

Prepared over a period of 5 years extensive study & research by more than 350 researchers emphasized and alarmed about the steady retreat of ice  from the glaciers of this area since 1970, when Global Warming first set in.

 If this trend keeps as it is prevailing, planet earth will left barren without life and technology cannot save us. 

“We need to start thinking of mountain regions as climate hotspots worthy of urgent attention, investments and solutions,” concluded Dasho Rinzin Dorji of Bhutan, a board member.

Are we listening ??