The Effects of Global Warming on India

In India glaciers are melting, particularly in the Himalayas. The volumetric flow rate of many rivers in the Indian subcontinent is affected considerably. Millions of lives may be impacted, if stringent measures are not resorted to. The climate of India is changing and has become unpredictable and volatile. ( Despite the torrential rains, the water level in the hydro reservoirs of Kerala is just 30%). This trend is expected to continue.

Global Warming will affect the low lying islands and coastal lands and there may be submergence of these islands. There is threat to Laccadives islands and the low lying areas of Bangladesh.

High CO2 emissions had contributed to the Greenhouse Effect and this has made the climate warmer than before. The formation of the mighty Himalayas has resulted in the frigid Central Asian air being blocked, making India warmer.

Adding fuel to the fire, some Indians are cutting down trees, destroying the water reservoirs, destroying eco systems, flora and fauna. Massive urbanisation is resorted to, which has calamitous effects. Now heat in urban areas is more than before. Stay for some time in Madras and you will come to know what we are talking about !

The Effects of Global Warming

The greatest threat we face is not Terrorism, but Global Warming.

The effects of G W are

Rising sea levels

Rise in cyclonic activity

Rise in temperatures

Change in climate

Fickle precipitation

Melting of glaciers in the Himalayas

Rising sea levels have submerged low level islands in the Sunderbans. Laccadives face threat of inundation due to sea level rise.

Coastal lands are also under threat. The climate of India has become extremely volatile due to Climate Change. The Njattuvelas are less fierce than before & water levels are being depleted.

Bangladesh is affected adversely by Climate Change, triggered by Global Warming. Its temperature, sea level and evaporation are on the rise and precipitation changes have resulted in drainage congestion. Floods have increased and there is a reduction in freshwater availability. GW can reduce India's GDP by 9% and submergence of Indian coastal lands can cause 7 million people to be displaced.

If severe climate changes occur, Bangladesh may lose its coastal lands. It will also impact India's 400 million poor, most of them working in agriculture or in the coastal areas.

To combat G W, planting of trees has been recommended. Trees are carbon storage and capture units. The carbon emissions from vehicles, ships and planes are causing the Warming. Trees absorb Co2 and give out oxygen.

Green Kerala, which has planted 32 lakh trees so far, has been lauded by the ex President, Kalam.

Kerala used to get 2000 mm rains every year. This time, with Jupiter in watery Pisces and Venus in watery Cancer, we will get more than 2200 mm rains. The Malabar Coast, from Mumbai to Kanyakumari, has been defined as Tropical Wet by the Koppen system. This Coast gets the maximum rains, viz, 2000 mm. Madras has been defined as Tropical Wet and Dry, getting an average rainfall of around 1000 mm. Gujarat and Rajasthan have been defined as Tropical Dry. Gujarat is semi arid, getting around 600 mm and Rajastan is arid, getting around 350 mm per year.

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The Green Covenant !

The Ark of the Gaia Covenant is the Green Covenant. Ecosystems Management is the need of the hour.

We are destroying the environment, we are destroying our water reservoirs, we are not respecting Nature. The main enemy of Man is Man himself ! Pollution, environmental degradation, desertification etc are the problems of the hour. Food Crisis, Water Crisis and all sorts of crises had risen up.

Let us not destroy the environment. Let us respect Nature. We are confronted by an imminent catastrophic eco collapse !

Nature is visible Intelligence. Intelligence is invisible Nature. The male and female components of the Ultimate are called Natura Naturans, Creative Nature ( the Divine ) and Natura Naturata , Created Nature ( Nature ) in Spinozist Philosophy and as Saguna Brahman ( Relative Being ) and Nirguna Brahman ( Absolute Being ) in Indian Philosophy. Saguna Brahman is Prakrithi, is Nature !

The Vedas define the Absolute Being thus

Him the Sun cannot express nor the moon nor the stars
Lightning cannot express Him
Nor mighty Fire
Through Him they shine !

( Na tatra bhathi Sooryo na chandratharakam
Nema Bhanthi Vidyutho Kuthoyam Agni
Tham eva bhantham anubhathi sarvam
Tasya bhasa sarvam idam Vibhathi ).

Let us respect Nature, which is visible He !

Regarding Water Conservation, the hydrological engineer, Michael Kravalik advocates a massive restoration of the watersheds. Let water return to earth. Let there be more percolation tanks, to enrich groundwater resources !

The Blue Covenant !

What is a Covenant ? It is a pact with the Lord.

Blue Covenant means a pact with Water and Water Conservation.

We will not waste water any more.
We will not destroy forests, flora and fauna.
We will plant trees and save the world from Global Warming
We will respect ecosystems
We will protect our water reservoirs like lakes, rivers, lagoons and wells
We will do Rainwater Harvesting
We will conserve water using Drip Irrigatin
We will view trees and plants as Carbon Capture and Storage
We wlll view trees as Oxygen givers

Let us protect the Environment and hold on to the Blue Covenant !

In the Vedic Civilisation, the Covenant is like this

May I protect Brahman and Brahman me

( Om Sahanavavathu
Saha nau bhunakthu
Saha Veeryam Karavavahai
Thejasvi nava deetha masthu
Maa Vidhvishva vahai
Om Shanti Shanti Shanth )



But then Nature is not different from Him ! Nature is the outer garment of Spirit. " Nature is veiled somnambulist consciounsness, which contains within it all the latent powers of the Spirit. Within every atom, within every molecule, there lies hidden and works unknown all the omniscience of the Eternal and the omnipotence of the Infinite ". ( Aurobindo ).

Water is one of Nature's Elemental Five and she should be respected !

Water Crisis precipitates Food Crisis !

Water is the base of Life. Without water, there is no life !

Of the available scarce water resources, 70% go to Agriculture, 20% to Industry and 10 % to households.

If water is scarce, it will have its impact on irrigation. There will be less production of foodgrains, vegetables and fruits and the prices of these commodities will shoot up. ( The Govt consoled the people saying that food inflation is only 17%). This is exactly what we are witnessing today.

For instance, the prices of vegetables, fruits and foodgrains have more or less doubled in the last two years. Same is also true of fish and meat.

Less water means the prices of industrial products will shoot up. Hence the inflation. For households, water companies will hike their prices. Which is again what we are witnessing today.

The villain of the piece is overpopulation. Overpopulation strains the ecosystems and burdens social systems. More demand for water and for food. Supply is less. We have come to a stage where people fight for a loaf of bread or a bucket of water !

The hydrological engineer, Michael Kravalik, and his team of scientists ( at the Slovakia Govt NGO People & Water ) give a great warning. The places dried of water are called hot stains and Earth's hot stains are increasing. If the Earth dries out, as is happening now, it will cause Global Warming, decreased protection from the atmosphere, decreased biodiversity, melting of the polar ice caps, increased solar radiation, massive continental desertification and eventually global collapse ! Such is our Water Management !

The earth is drying up !

Reports from Mumbai that the city has only water for a month, if there are
no rains. Cause for alarm and despondency

Water Cycle or the Hydrologic Cycle

Due to transpiration and evaporation, water molecules form clouds and rains
fall to the earth as precipitation.

This transipration and evaporation normally comes from plants, rivers,
lakes, lagoons, water basins or water reservoirs. If the earth's surface is
paved over, then there will be reduced water to evaporate.


Divesting the earth of wells, lagoons, lakes, rivers which are water
reservoirs can only mean that there will be less evapotranspiration and
hence less precipitation or rains !

The causative factors for Water Bankruptcy

The destruction of the natural habitat
Destruction of water reservoirs like wells, ponds etc
Destruction of forest, flora and fauna
Groundwater mining
Contamination of Aquifers
Massive urbanisation
Diminishing water capital
Earth's hot stains ( dried up regions ) contributing to the impasse

The Global Freshwater Crisis

The vata planet Saturn in Virgo has precipitated a Water Crisis. Let us see what are the solutions. ( Yesterday Mumbai reported a severe water crisis, like Hyderabad. More bad news are coming in ).

Water is only a finite resource, even though it is universally assumed that global supply is infinite. Only 2.5 % of the global supply is freshwater. The rest is seawater, inacessible in ground water, ice caps and soi. This supply is limited.

Rainfall is the only renewable source of freshwater and per year the global supply is just 50,000 cubic km. Per year global population is increasing by 85 million. Hence the availability of freshwater per head is fast decreasing. The whole planet is overpopulated, with more than 6.5 billion people.

That limited source of freshwater is polluted, diverted and depleted by foolish humans. ( " Lord, what fools these mortals be", said Shakespeare ). More than one billon people lack access to safe, drinking water. UN says 31 countries face water stress and scarcity. The water stress countries are UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, India, Israel, Mexico etc.

By 2025, when the earth will be populated by an additional 2.5 billion people, 70% will be living in conditions of serious water shortage and 30% will be living in conditions of acute water scarcity.

To conserve Groundwater, Gabion structures can be used. More info about conserving Water can be had at the Central Groundwater Authority site.

A great warning has been given by World Resources " The world's
thirst for water is likely to become one of the most pressing resource
issues of the 21st century. In some cases, water withdrawals are so high, relative
to supply, that surface water supplies are literally shrinking and
groundwater levels are being depleted faster than they can be replenished by
precipitation".

In the Arab world, use of groundwater is three times than groundwater recharge.
Saudi is running towards depletion in the next 50 years. Africa's aquifers
are non-recharging and the current depletion is estimated at 10 million cubic
meters. Water tables are falling everywhere in India. Mexico is water scarce. In
Bangkok overpumping has taken its toll. Northern China has eight regions of water
scarcity. Beijing suffers from a massive water crisis.