挪威冰蓋驚現哭泣人臉酷似Michael Jackson

Earth: She cried when he left her. This photo appeared on the internet the day Michael was interred at Forest Lawn,
September 3, 2009.

 

photo source:mj-777.com

The earth we all share is…a living, nurturing being. She cares for us; she deserves our care in return.

I wanted to change the world, so I got up one morning and looked in the mirror. That one looking back said, “There is not much time left. The earth is wracked with pain, Children are starving. Nations remain divided by mistrust and hatred. Everywhere the air and water have been fouled almost beyond help. Do something!”

We’ve been treating Mother Earth the way some people treat a rental apartment. Just trash it and move on. But there’s no place to move on to now. We have brought our garbage and our wars and our racism to every part of the world. We must begin to clean her up, and that means cleaning up our own hearts and minds first, because they led us to poison our dear planet.

-Michael Jackson

I respect the secrets and magic of nature. That’s what makes me so angry when I see these things that are happening in our world. That every second I hear the size of a football field is torn down in the Amazon. I mean, that kind of stuff really bothers me. That’s why I write these kinds of songs. You know, to give some sense of awareness and awakening and hope to people. I love the planet. I love trees. I have this thing for trees. And the colours and the changing of leaves. I love it! And I respect those kinds of things.

I really feel that nature is trying so hard to compensate for man’s mismanagement of the planet. The planet is sick. Like a fever. If we don’t fix it now, it’s at the point of no return. This is our last chance to fix this problem that we have. Or it’s like a runaway train. And the time has come; this is it.


People are always saying, “Oh,” they think, “They’ll take care of it.” “The government’ll do…” “They’ll…” They who?? It starts with us. It’s US! Or else it’ll never be done.
-Michael Jackson, 2009

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據英國每日郵報報導，日前，攝影師在挪威奧斯特芬那冰蓋（Austfonna ice cap）拍攝到處於融化狀態的冰川呈現出一副逼真的哭泣人臉形狀。

猛得一看這與其他融化冰川並無太大差異，但仔細一看卻能夠看到它非常像正在哭泣的人臉，融化的海水就如同流出的眼淚。這副看上去淒涼的“自然母親”逐漸地將融化的冰塊和積雪融入海水之中。據悉，奧斯特芬那冰蓋位於挪威斯瓦爾巴特群島，看上去非常像環境保護者對於全球氣候變化進行的嚴重抗議。

由於冰帽融化導致的海平面上升是最令人擔憂的氣候轉暖效應之一，氣候專家警告稱，一些低海拔的地區很可能會被上升的海平面所吞噬。這張圖片是海洋攝影師兼環境學講師邁克爾－諾蘭（Michael Nolan）拍攝的，當時他在每年一度的海洋航行觀測冰川融化和周邊野生動物生存狀況。

一位冰川專家現已證實“哭泣人臉”冰帽正繼續收縮，在過去數十年裏，平均每年縮小160平方英尺。喬恩－奧維－哈根（Jon Ove Hagen）是世界冰川監控協會（WGMS）成員，他也是奧斯陸大學地球科學系教授，自從1988年他便開始著手研究奧斯特芬那冰蓋。

奧斯特芬那冰蓋是挪威境內最大的冰蓋，它位於斯瓦爾巴特群島的Nordaustlandet島。今年59歲的哈根說：“奧斯特芬那冰蓋的面積超過3000平方英里，不僅是挪威境內最大的冰蓋，也是北冰洋最大的冰蓋。目前，該冰蓋的幾何外形處於變化之中，其前端正在消融，較低端已逐漸變稀薄，其前低端平均每年以3英尺的速度逐漸變薄，而冰蓋內部正以每年1.6英尺的速度逐漸增厚。這個冰蓋每年損失1.6立方英里的冰川。”

當提及世界冰川監控協會是否關注奧斯特芬那冰蓋的快速融化問題時，哈根說：“這是我們最為憂慮的事情，全球其他一些區域冰川融化速度比奧斯特芬那冰蓋更快。”然而，更令人擔憂的是科學家聲稱其他地區的冰川存在更顯著的變化。

奧斯特芬那冰蓋是歐洲第二大冰蓋，也是世界第七大冰蓋。據悉，哈根在過去25年裏一直從事斯瓦爾巴特群島的冰川變化研究，當前他從事的這項合作性研究是為了確立斯瓦爾巴特群島環境變化狀況