Monday 30 April 2007

What is the uae doing about global warming?

After reading some articles on the UAE about global warming I can just say that I am honored that I am a UAE citizen. The UAE is very aware of the current situation. With global warming there are many problems but I'll just mention one and how the UAE are attending to it.

In an article I read it said that marine environmentalists say coral reefs in the Arabian Gulf are threatened by pollution, effluents (brine) from desalination facilities, slow degeneration of Gulf waters and global warming.
The coral bleaching episode, which decimated over 90 per cent of coral reefs in the near-shore areas of the UAE is blamed on global warming

Dolphin Energy Ltd, the World Wide Fund for Nature and Erwda are set to collaborate on a project to map the status and condition of coral reefs in the UAE and Qatar.

'Electrodeposition', also called Biorock, a technique developed in lab experiments over the last 30 years by Harvard expert Dr Tom Goreau with Prof Hilbertz, proves rapid coral reef restoration is possible using low-voltage electricity.The technique involves use of metal structures attached to the negative pole of a direct current source.The positively charged pole is attached to an anode. Both are then submerged in seawater.

With this technique the limestone forms at a rate of one inch per month with high mechanical strength, similar to natural coral growth, but accelerated by electricity.

With this we can see that the UAE are prepared for the challenging future coming ahead.



2 comments:

Waddah said...

Hi Awad,

Thanks for your valuable information, and really I learnt a lot while I was surfing your blog.

Best wishes.

relish and cherish said...

Your welcome waddah

Glad you liked it.