Sunday, November 28, 2010

reducing greenhouse gases to slow the pace of climate change


One scientist's hobby: recreating the ice age

Wild horses have returned to northern Siberia. So have musk oxen, hairy beasts that once shared this icy land with woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats. Moose and reindeer are here, and may one day be joined by Canadian bison and deer.

Later, the predators will come — Siberian tigers, wolves and maybe leopards.

Russian scientist Sergey Zimov is reintroducing these animals to the land where they once roamed in millions to demonstrate his theory that filling the vast emptiness of Siberia with grass-eating animals can slow global warming.

____________________________________________How Malaysia can contribute? Perhaps Milky Storks, Java and Indian Medaka and Eel Migration can help to slow the pace of climate change. Not just an ecological survey but important to number one research priority areas in Malaysia. Many high technology research sponsored by the government may contribute to nanopollution. SO think about it. More research grants should be given to green research.

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