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Life is not possible on any planet, without atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere. Biosphere is the zone where these three spheres meet and is the only place where life exists. However, in the present scenario, all the three spheres are getting increasingly polluted and are fighting for their survival. How could life develop and prosper under such circumstances? Our environment is being polluted at such a fast pace that climate change is occurring at an unprecedented rate. The consequence is clearly visible. America, which previously witnessed five to seven cyclones on an average, today faces around thirty. Half the city of New Orleans has been devastated by one such cyclone. Heat waves have taken many lives in France. Abu Dhabi, with hot and dry climate, witnessed massive rainfall. The ice of the snow-covered Greenland has begun melting. These events indicate the exasperation of Mother Nature. This decade has witnessed an increase of six to eight inches in the sea level. This has posed a threat to the ‘Great Barrier Reef’, the biggest live structure of the world. Kiribati, an island of the Pacific Ocean was submerged about thirteen years back. The Indian island of Lohachara, located in the Sunderban region has ultimately drowned. The Himalayan glaciers,
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Coral reefs are a natural medium to absorb the carbon content of the environment. They are regarded as the ancient medium to restore the environmental balance. They are the place where life originated for the first time. Today, these structures, where life originated, are struggling for their survival. This highlights the fact that nature is passing through a period of severe transformation. Database reveals that we have already lost many hectares of coral reefs, and if the oceanic temperature further rises even by half a Celsius, we would lose even the remaining reefs soon. According to a research, this century would witness an abnormal increase in temperature, which could be between 1.4 - 5.8° C. If this proves correct and rainfall does not increase by ten percent, then the sea level would rise by ninety centimeter. This would have devastating consequences, the chief among them being submergence of coastal areas.
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This is the time when substantial changes are taking place in the subtle realm. The changes occurring in the subtle world appear as divine transformations, while those in the physical world are a mix of construction and destruction. Climate change and the consequent effects on the environment are one among this long series. Scientists are predominantly studying the changes induced by global warming on the coral reefs.
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Conserve the Nature
“God is a mathematician of a very high order and He used advanced mathematics in constructing the universe.” – Nobel Prize winning physicist Paul A. M. Dirac Akhand Jyoti November - December 2014
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