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Posted by feww on November 22, 2015
Up to 200 dead or missing in massive landslide near jade mine in N. Myanmar
A landslide near a jade mine in northern Myanmar has killed about 100 people and left more than 100 others missing, according to reports.
The incident occurred in Kachin state, home to the most valuable jade mines in the world.
Most of the victims were poor villagers sifting through mountains of waste rubble, “dumped by mechanical diggers used by the mining firms in the area to extract Myanmar’s most valuable precious stone,” according to AFP.
“The area has been turned into a moonscape of environmental destruction as huge diggers gouge the earth looking for jade.”
Landslides occur regularly in the area and many have been killed so far this year as people living off the industry’s waste, in the hope of finding a piece of jade worth thousands of dollars, search through mountains of rubble at night, said the report.
Additionally, itinerant miners are attracted from all parts of the country “by the promise of riches and become easy prey for drug addiction in Hpakant, where heroin and methamphetamine are cheaply available on the streets,” reported AFP.
“Jade is Myanmar government’s big state secret”
The jade trade, “controlled by the military elites,” raked in about “US$31 billion in 2014 alone,” more than 10 times the official declaration. “That is equivalent to nearly half the GDP of the whole country, which badly needs it. But hardly any of the money is reaching ordinary people or state coffers, said a report.
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Posted by feww on May 1, 2014
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
FIRE-EARTH Bulletin NO. 93 has been released.
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No. of Days left: 678
FIRE-EARTH Bulletin NO. 94 will be released on May 4, 2014.
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Posted by feww on July 6, 2013
Index of Human Impact on Nature (HIoN) skyrockets to a new high
The FIRE-EARTH/CASF Index of Human Impact on Nature (HIoN), an index for calculating the human impact on the planetary life support systems, climbed to a critically high level of 323 on July 1, 2013. In other words, the anthropogenic impact on the living environment exceeded 3.23 times the planet’s diminishing carrying capacity.
- The index is rising exponentially.
- HIoN has risen 38 points, or more than 13 percent, since July 2012 when it reached 285.
- The index was less than 80 in 1960, and rose to about 100 in 1980.
“According to HIoN projections, our cities and population centers could become almost entirely unsustainable by as early as 2015.”
Diagram shows the exponential growth of Human Impact on Nature (HION) between 1960 and July 2013. Source: FIRE-EARTH Real-Time Earth Models. Copyright: FIRE-EARTH Blog Authors.
RAPID CHANGE IN PROGRESS!
Tidal Surge of Global Change 26 Times Faster in 21st Century: FIRE-EARTH
FIRE-EARTH Models show the rate of global change has intensified by a factor of at least 26 in the last decade compared with the 1960s.
FIRE-EARTH defines ‘global change’ as the deterioration in the planet’s life-support capacity, caused by large-scale anthropogenic impact, which is leading to a total collapse.
Status as of End June 2012
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July 6, 2013 – SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN –
980 Days Left
Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on September 18, 2012
Global Land Temperature: Second Warmest August on Record
Average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces was the 4th highest on record for August, at 61.22°F (16.22°C) or 1.12°F (0.62°C) above the 20th century average, NOAA reported.
- August 2012 was the 36th consecutive August and 330th consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20th century average.
- Global land temperature was 58.52°F, which tied with 2001 and 2011 as the second warmest August on record, behind 1998.
- Temperature for global land and ocean surfaces for June–August tied with 2005 as the third highest on record for this period at 61.25°F (16.24°C), or 1.15°F (0.64°C), above the 20th century average.
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Posted by feww on July 4, 2012
Tidal Surge of Global Change 26 Times Faster in 21st Century: FIRE-EARTH
FIRE-EARTH Models show the rate of global change has intensified by a factor of at least 26 in the last decade compared with the 1960s.
FIRE-EARTH defines ‘global change’ as the deterioration in the planet’s life-support capacity that is caused by large-scale anthropogenic impact, leading to a total collapse.
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on June 11, 2012
DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,374 Days Left
[June 11, 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,374 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History…
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on June 10, 2012
DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,375 Days Left
[June 10, 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,375 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History…
Recent Mauna Loa CO2
- May 2012: 396.78 ppm
- May 2011: 394.16 ppm
- April 2012: 396.18 ppm
- April 2011: 393.28 ppm
Recent Global CO2 (ESRL/NOAA)
- April 2012: 394.01 ppm
- April 2011: 391.83 ppm
- March 2012: 393.87 ppm
- March 2011: 391.46 ppm
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on January 10, 2012
361 districts in 31 of Thailand’s 76 provinces have been declared cold spell disaster areas
Thai government has declared the entire northwestern province of Nakhon Ratchasima and 329 districts in 30 other provinces as cold spell disaster areas.
Disaster Calendar 2012 – January 10
[January 10, 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,527 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
- Thailand. The government has declared all 32 districts in the northwestern province of Nakhon Ratchasima (pop: 2.7 million) and 329 districts in 30 other provinces as cold spell disaster zones.
- An estimated 7 million people in more than 25,000 villages and towns have been affected by the cold spell since late last year.
- In December, 8,724 villages in 11 provinces were declared disaster areas due to cold weather.
Other Global Disasters
- Mumbai, India. The Maharashtra state government has declared a state of emergency in the city of Mumbai as min temperatures fell to a record low of 11ºC, officials said.
- Weather officials said the temperature was likely to fall to 10 degrees Celsius or lower in the next few days.
- “I have been living in Mumbai since 70 years and I have never seen it become so cold. The last time I saw so many random people light fires infront of their house it turned out to be a riot,” said a local.
- By late December 2011, cold weather had claimed at least 140 lives in northern India as temperatures dipped 5 degrees Centigrade below normal.
- Alaska, USA. The small fishing town of Cordova in the Prince William Sound, Alaska, remains partially buried in about 3.5m of snow.
- Town officials declared the snowbound city a disaster area last week.
- Cordova normally receives about 2.5m of snow throughout the winter, according to NWS.
- The drifts are reportedly more than 6m (18 feet) high.
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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