Rhinoceros, in danger of poaching

     According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, IUCN,  more than 800 rhinoceros has been illegally poached for three years in Africa. They said, it was the highest amount of rhinceros being killed in recent years.

     The reason why poachers try to hunt rhinoceros is because of their horns that act as a medicine, sexual enhancer and high-priced ornaments. Surprisingly, rhinoceros' horns are dealed with higher price than golds, which made more crime syndicates participate in poaching. This is becoming a serious issue as rhinoceros are endangered animals.
     Experts in IUCN stated, the prosecution should be more alarmed with protection of wild animals including rhinoceros. Also, they argued  to develop new devices to track animal poachers. If not, poachers getting organized will cause enormous amount of rhinoceros being poached.


오종한. “`金`보다 비싼 뿔, 정력제..코뿔소 3년간 800마리 밀렵".May,2011.http://news.mk.co.kr/newsRead.php?year=2011&no=190704(visited: May 25, 2011)

2100, sea levels threaten the cities

     2100, sea levels threaten the cities   


     England Daily mail showed that most of the cities like London, and Shanghai will sink
because of serious global warming in 2100. According to the report in US and Russia,
sea level will increase to approximately 1.6m as all icebergs in Greenland and Arctics melt.
     The AMAP study predicts that the Arctic Ocean could disappear in summers in about 
30 to 40 years.There are scientific explanation supporting this idea. As the amount of ice
and snow reduces, darker water or soil will be exposed in greater amount, which can cause
darker regions to absorb more heat from the sun, and warm up the region quickly. Also, it
says the warming of the Arctic has been twice as high as the world average since 1980.

    

     Scientists are asking to be alarmed and cautious with the global warming as there are 

clear signal of  major cities being sink in few years.

David, Derbyshire. “Cities under threat as sea levels set to significantly rise by 2100 ".May,2011.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1383226/Cities-threat-sea-levels-set-significantly-rise 2100.html#ixzz1LTwRRgV9(visited: May 11, 2011)

 

 

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