New era of climate change reality' as emissions hit symbolic threshold

The world is in a new era of “climate change reality”, with carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reaching a symbolic threshold which it will not fall below for many generations, scientists have said.

In 2015, for the first time, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were at 400 parts per million (ppm) on average across the year as a whole, the World Meteorological Organisation’s (WMO) annual greenhouse gas bulletin reveals.

The longest established greenhouse gas monitoring station in the world, at Mauna Loa in Hawaii, predicts carbon dioxide concentrations will stay above the symbolic 400ppm for the whole of 2016 and reach new highs.

It will not dip below the 400ppm mark again for many generations, the experts said.

The world passes 400ppm carbon dioxide threshold. Permanently

 

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The growth spurt in carbon dioxide levels, which saw a bigger-than-average increase in the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere between 2014 and 2015, was fuelled by the El Niño weather phenomenon in the Pacific.-read more

What Is Qi? (and Other Concepts)

After 2,500 years of evolution, TCM has become a very rich and sophisticated system of rational medicine with a great diversity of theories and applications. But, in its essence, itseeks to understand and facilitate harmony in human life.

It is based on a very simple principle: any system that is in harmony tends towards health, wellbeing, and sustainability. A system that is in disharmony tends towards illness, disease, suffering, and collapse.

What is a system in TCM?

A system is comprised of everything that creates and sustains it. Everything is interconnected and interdependent. If all of the parts of a system are in harmony with one another, then the whole system is in harmony. Disturb one thing and you create a disturbance that ripples through the whole system.

This principle applies to any and all systems. For example, it applies as equally to a human being as it does to a family, community, or the environment. So we must take care to consider our actions and to take things as a whole.

What are the fundamental concepts?

Two concepts that are unique and fundamental to Chinese medicine are Qi (usually translated as "vital energy") and yin and yang (the harmony of all the opposite elements and forces that make up existence). These two concepts form what we might call the "roots" of Chinese medicine.

Springing from these roots are the basic principles and theories about the dynamics of Qi and yin and yang, which form the "stems" of Chinese medicine. -read more

25-10-2016 robbie r.i.p

Tuesday 25-10 -2016 Robbie  back leg give away in back garden we went to the local vet to be checked but you could tell this was not going to be good news.highly emotional for us all in the raines household . Robbie had to be put down due to his heart ,Robbie was a rescue dog who always said hello to all our visitors and ask for a hug,he liked to wander from bed to bed ,could have been a champion at hide and seek .gunted and stuck his tongue out .a great friend who will always  have a place in our hearts and now among the stars.

benefit call experience.

ringing up for benefit requests is very uninteresting as you listen to the classical music with interruptions of repetitive response with  a female voice  going over all the options like a bad advert or a repeat on television.you can wait ages and it can fell as if the other end has hung up on you or having  a secret joke at your expense ,you dont hang up as that means rebooting the whole process again -inside scream.when finally you get  a reply you tend to be asked a lot of security questions almost like a interrogation then the unfriendly jaded voice seem to send you to coventry  for a short time until you get item required ,glad dont have to do everyday .

coping.

it turns out that i do have mci or not i have decided to treat any illness with humour as much as possible .as found out if i dont my illnesses get worse due to stresss,so come on and say cheese .

Saturday alright for bird fight.

in this photograph you can see 2 birds having a scrap or fight due not willing to share a fish at zimanga river,south africa.the 2 birds are a Goliath heron -5 ft with wing span  of 7 ft, the other is a African  fish eagle which can kill a  small crocodile.

3 little pigs

3 long haired pigs have gone on the run after escaping in farfield ,glos.