Himalaya is facing the most danger from global warming. The snow caps have started to melt and so there are a huge change taking place in the path of the glaciers. The temperature of the Himalayas are rising 0.06 annually. This is causing a great damage to the snow cap peaks. 
Glaciers is still a looming concern for many scientists and governments, which worry about how warming will affect the region's water cycle. 

Lama has witnessed other changes in the road-less valley, 60km northwest of Kathmandu, where sure-footed ponies remain the quickest form of transport. "I feel that the sun is getting stronger, and in the past there used to be a lot more snow in winter. We used to get up to 2m in the winter, and it would stay for weeks. Last winter we only had 2cm."

Glaciers in the Himalayas are retreating at an average rate of 50 feet (15 m) per year, consistent with rapid warming  which was recorded at Himalayan climate stations since the 1970s. Winter stream flow for the Baspa glacier basin has increased 75% since 1966 and local winter temperatures have warmed up, suggesting increased glacier melting in winter. In winters also glaciers are melting to hear it is a shock for all the people, how can this be possible but it is true. This is showing that how much is it being affected. if it moves on in this way it will give rise to the chances of flood in the near by countries.
As Himalayan glaciers melt glacial lakes are swelling and in danger of catastrophic flooding. Average glacial retreat in Bhutan is 100-130 feet (30-40 m) per year. Therefore Bhutan is also facing the threat of the rising water level.
A time will come will all the glaciers will melt and the near by places will be under water.

Deforestation

Deforestation means the permanent destruction of indigenous forests and woodlands. At the same time it does not include the removal of industrial forests such as plantations of gums or pines, which are cultivated specially by the industries. Deforestation has resulted in the reduction of indigenous forests to four-fifth of their pre-agricultural areas. Indigenous forests presently covers only  21% of the earth's land surface.There are various consequences of deforestation.

"About one half of the forests that covered the Earth are gone. Each year, another 16 million hectares disappear. The World Resources Institute estimates that only about 22% of the world's (old growth) original forest cover remains "intact" - most of this is in three large areas: the Canadian and Alaskan boreal forest, the boreal forest of Russia, and the tropical forest of the northwestern Amazon Basin and the Guyana Shield (Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Columbia, etc.) "

 It is true that the way deforestation is taking place a time will come where thee will be only 1% of the trees will be left.  That will the end of the world.  Still the people are so casual towards it. It is not only about deforestation but also the impact it is having on the wildlife. The main effect is the loss of biodiversity and the loss of different type of species of animals. 

Brazilian deforestation is correlated with the economic health of the country, the decline in deforestation from 1988-1991 has matched the economic slowdown, while the rocketing rate of deforestation from 1993-1998 paralleled  with the Brazil's period of rapid economic growth. This was proved by a research. This shows that deforestation is also associated with the  economic growth of the country. 

Same is in case of India as in India there are still many group of people who earn their livelihood with the help of the forests. This has a vice versa effect as they cut down tress and sell them, this in turn causes deforestation. 

 

So, it is high time that we start to plant tress and try to protect the existing ones. 

Wild Life Conservation

Human beings have started to think themselves as the most superior being and at the same time started to dominate the others. This is creating a huge difference which is a contemporary factor of causing environmental disaster. For that one first has to be aware of what is wildlife conservation. 

Wildlife conservation is a practice in which people attempt to protect endangered plant and animal species, along with their habitats. The goal of wildlife conservation is to ensure that nature will be around for future generations to enjoy, and to recognize the importance of wildlife and wilderness lands to humans. Many nations have government agencies dedicated to wildlife conservation which help to implement policies designed to protect wildlife, and numerous independent nonprofit organizations also promote various wildlife conservation causes.

Wild life can be conserved by providing them with natural environment and indiscriminate hunting and putting ban on illegal trade on wildlife products. “Every 20 minutes, the world adds another 3,500 human lives but loses one or more entire species of animal or plant life – at least 27,000 species per year.” (Source: PBS). “At the present rates of extinction, as many as 20% of the world's 7-15 million species could be gone in the next 30 years. This rate of extinction has been unprecedented since the disappearance of dinosaurs 65 million years ago.” (Source: WWF).

It is very sad to see that the number of exinct species have been increasing. With the passage of time people tend to forget it even. Why we don't think that what are we living behind us for the future generations. Though government has taken steps to conserve wildlife but it is not fully successful, as we all know.

Positive side of Global Warming

 The global warming is having some good effects on the nature also. The recent study proved that when on one hand the climatic change is effecting the life of the animals at the same time it is doing serving as a factor in increase the rain forests. 

Climate change, and associated shifts in temperature and precipitation, is having a varying effects around the world. Some forests will benefit from  this warmer conditions, increased rainfall, and carbon dioxide fertilization effects, while others will suffer from increased incidence of drought, fire, and pest outbreaks. It is having a dual effect. 

Though a research found that due to global warming new type of vegetation is coming up. These in turn is helping in increase the density of the forests. As the forests play an important role in reducing the pollution. It means that they are helping each other. The productivity of tropical forests is projected to increase where water is sufficiently available. Tropical forests, particularly rain forests, harbor the highest biodiversity of all land ecosystems; even moderate climate change would put some of this biodiversity at a considerable risk. 

What we can rather than hoping to a have some better future. Nothing can be done when people do things knowing the consequences. Still it is a good to get to hear that there are some positive sides of the global warming also, as we were tired of hearing only bad effects.

Polar Bear and Global Warming

The rarely found Polar bears are going to suffer from the shortage. This animal is under the threat of extinction, as there are changes that this species might come to an end by 2050. The polar bears are depended upon the natural habitat. They mostly live in the cold regions of the world.
The ice of the Arctic have started to melt and so, it is having a great impact on the habitat of the bears. which is already visible. a study conducted by the scientists of the California University  showed that that the jaws of the polar bears are less strong than the grizzly bears. This proves that it will be difficult for the polar bears to adjust in a vegetarian situation. They eat mostly seals and other fatty marine mammals that they hunt from the ice and water.

So, these bears mostly look for ice, round the year.Not only the temperature also the rapid movement of icebergs in these regions may leave some bears stranded in food-poor areas, or it might require long and exhausting swims from food-rich areas back to ice. As there is being a change in there habitat so there reproduction rate is also decreasing. The number of children are less and then the fight for food for survival. At last only two or three survive. 
The global warming is having a huge effect on the life of these innocent animals also. What have they done that they are paying for it. It is we who are the culprit of every thing but still try and avoid it. When the people see any action taking place in against the global warming normal people do not support it. Then they will sat that it is a scientific fiction, nothing real. 
How can they be so casual, when they are seeing or reading the results of what is happening round the world because of this, they still believe it to be fake. The type of species of bear which could still survive would be the grizzly bears, polar bears will become extinct first then the other types of bears.

No more plastic Please

India has declared a war on the ban of plastics. Sikkim was the first state of India to ban the use of plastics. Later it was followed by Kerala. The banishment is not on the  blanket but for bags which has less than 30 microns. 

The bags used for carrying food, hair dyes and other materials are banned.  Plastic is not a biodegradable element. It can not be decomposed. It remains under the soil. So, recycle was started but it did not reduce the amount of plastics being used in the country. It was indirectly affecting the nature's cycle.  Though the government tried to ensure that proper recycle of plastics were done, but the result was not good. 

Later Delhi government came up with blanket ban on plastics. A notification was passed by the government, according to which storage and sale of plastic bags of any kind or thickness, in all places where one gets the bags after shopping, are banned. Anyone who would break the law would be fined with one lakh rupees.

Recently it is Haryana which has banned the use of plastics in its state. Specially in public, historical, religious and ecological significance. The state have also taken initiative of recycling of plastics as per norms.

The use of plastic for carrying food materials is also harming the human body, the effect is not noticed in short term but in long term basis. As plastics are made up of the chemicals and it reacts with the food.

A law was passed in order to ban the use of plastics. People have become so used to it that they find it difficult to carry things without it. Sametime if paper bags are used than a lot of paper is needed in manufacturing paper bags. This was again a problem the government had to fight. More paper means more cutting down trees; this was harming the environment again. 

So, finally they have come up with the plan of use of jute bags.  It is eco-friendly and at the same time the jute industry which was losing its value would once again flourish. Still in India there are many states which are using plastics.

Sariska’s Tiger dies Mysteriously

When whole India is trying to save the last 1411 tigers, another death of tiger is reported from Sariksha Reserve in Rajastan. The death of this big cat remains a mystery, though the postmortem report revealed that it did not die because of territorial fights or gun shot or poaching. Still the most shocking thing is that it’s many vital organs are missing.

 The tiger was tagged as ST-1 which is one of the missing tigers. The forest department was able to find the tiger on Sunday morning.  This was the first one that was shifted from Ranthambore National Park to Sariska in june 2008. The officers said that when they found the body it was only a chunk of flesh covered with skin. According to them the brain, liver, kidney, lungs and even the alimentary canal of the dead tiger were missing.

On this issue two of the forest officials have been suspended. They were suspended as they were found guilty in the preliminary investigation. In the mean time, Jairam Ramesh the forest and environmental minister also visited the forest to the situation there. When he talked with the villagers of the nearby village that what they think, they replied that it is a case of poisoning. But the officers said that it might be that the body had decomposed within two days, whereas, scientist said it takes at least 72 hours to start decay. The residents are quite sure that it is a case of poising. While the officers believe that there might have been a fight between the two tigers which might have resulted into it’s death.

Another male tiger that is missing tagged ST-4 might also be dead, thinks the officers. Still the final report has not come out. Further steps only will be taken after the final report comes.