GW : global warming can lead to infection in the blood used for transfusions

Blood transfusion :

Blood transfusion is the process of transferring the blood or any product which is blood based, from one person to another. It has proved to be beneficial in emergency situations where there is a massive blood loss of a person.

Infection in the blood to be used for transfusion due to global warming :

According to the experts amongst West Australian researchers, global warming will increase the activities of virus like Ross river, dengue etc. The increased virus activity will lead to more of the exposure of humans to the virus. Also, these virus are very much prone to the blood. So, they can easily make the blood unsafe for the transfusion to the other persons. In fact global warming will prevail many viruses which will contaminate the blood for transfusion. Some of these are : Ross River, Barmah Forrest, Kunjin, Japanese Encephalitis, Murray Valley Encephalitis, and the last but not the least dengue viruses.

ND : The world - what will it show in 2025

There will be much more globalization till 2025 than what has been till now. Wealth will be shifted from west to east. Trends of the world will be more and more competitive.

Some Important projections for 2025 :

World population which was 6.5 billion in 2005 will move to 8 billion in 2025. This will lead to the scarcity of resources. One interesting fact that comes is that those people who are considered as poor ones will shrink by 23% but on the other hand the global income of these poor will also shrink by 40%. As now, then also China and India will be the most popular for population.At that time, nearly half of India’s population of 1.5 billion will be under the age of 30. India will be amongst one of the largest economies in the world in 2025. But on the other hand, it will continue its illiteracy which will be nearly 30-35 % at that time. In 2025, only 16% of world's population will live in the west as compared to 24% in 1980. A huge chances of unemployment is likely to occur in the western countries. As a result of inequalities, racism etc., violence is also expected there. Some countries are expected to have the populations more than their capacity to hold including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Ethiopia etc. Currently 19 mega cities of the world will also include 8 more mega cities in 2025. War will be for the sake of resources, food etc amongst the countries, which will be boosted by climate changes. China is expected to have a great military power, second largest economy, and it will be known more for polluting the environment worsely. India will come out with a blast in its IT services. It will be having much more skilled engineers in IT sector than any other country. Countries like China, India, and Russia, which are having largest reserves of coal in the world, will use this option more precisely at that time for their energy resources. The consumption of gas will grow by 60% in 2025. 3 countries, namely Russia, Iran, Qatar will be in prime position for holding 57% of world's natural gas. Climatic changes will reduce size of certain states and the equator areas are likely to have more health issues till at that time. There can be water conflicts in the countries having himalayan belt due to the climatic changes there following water scarcity. Pakistan will be needing a leadership that should save it from failing in front of any other countries at that time. Still, from the current situation, it is predicted to be in a bit better situation due to advancement of technologies, but further it may be suppressed by its increased population problems.

ND : Tsunami - Myths and Facts about it

Till now, all of us have seen the tsunami and the destruction it can cause. Here are some of the facts that should be enlightened about tsunami.

What is Tsunami :

Tsunami can be better described as giant waves that rises in the sea or oceans and have the capability to engulf the coastal area in minutes, as if there were no land there before. Tsunami can be as much as high as per our imagination. Largest ever Tsunami has been recorded more than 500m high and having the speed of nearly 750-850 kmph.

Cause of Tsunami :

It has always been a myth about tsunami that it occurs only due to the earthquake inside the sea. But the fact is that tsunami can also occur due to the motion of volcanic eruptions, or due to a massive landslide into the sea. Due to these happenings, a certain column of water arises which, with the due course of time, gathers speed and height. As it comes near the shore, its speed and height both increases gradually. After it gets on to the coast, it starts the destruction which gets stopped until its whole of the energy gets dissipated.

Current Tsunami in Southern Asia :

December 26th, 2005 was the day when an earthquake in the Indian Ocean engulfed many lives, around 200,000 within a minute. The epicenter of this earthquake was some distance from the coast of Sumatra. It was so huge that it wiped away the actual "Indira Point", which is known to be the actual end of India.

GW : Global Warming Forecasts Creation, Loss Of Climate Zones

Science Daily (2007-03-27) -- A new global warming study predicts that many current climate zones will vanish entirely by the year 2100, replaced by climates unknown in today's world.

The new climate will be found in tropical and subtropical regions and there is a huge probability of loss of present climate in tropical and near polar region.

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ND : Extreme weather events in india - NATCOM

India's first national communication (NATCOM 1) has highlighted some observed changes and some changes to be occurring in future times in India. The changes in the weather in India are a serious point to think about in this concern.

Change in trends in different region :

According to the instrument records, there is not any indication of marked long term in the frequencies of large scale droughts and floods in the past 130 years. however, more frequent droughts have been observed in multi-decadal period, which were followed by less severe droughts. There has been an increase in the trend of severe storms along the coast. The events were rated 0.011 per year. This increase was found along the coast of Gujarat and West Bengal. However a decrease in the trend has been found along the coast of Orissa.

GW : more hotter summers in many region of earth

It has been found that summer heat is incrementing each year in many region. The extent of heat is so much that it has started killing many people around the world during each summer. In fact the climate has become more flexible in the past few years. Not only summer, but also winters are now either more cooler than before in various countries, or it has been less cooler than before in many ones. All in all it will not be worth saying that climate is now "unpredictable".



Some facts :

year 2003 - summer heat wave in France killed around 14800 people & around 4000 in Italy. The
death rate was 60% more than the average death rate each year due to the heat
waves.

Current studies have revealed that many important cities around the world are found to have an increased heat wave during each summer since the past few years. Some of those cities are Athens, Chicago, New Delhi, Paris etc.

GW - ND : Ice mass of canada broken from the northen coast of canada : BBC news

According to the recent satellite survey it has been found that about 20 sq km of ice from the "Ward Hunt shelf" has detached from the Ellesmere Island, Canada.


Since 2005, the time when one of the biggest ice sheds in that region was broken, since then it was thought to be one of the biggest ice sheds of that region.