Communigué "GEOCHANGE"
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COMMUNIQUÉ on issues of Global Changes of the Geological Environment, “GEOCHANGE,” for presentation to UNO, European Union, International Organizations and Governments of States
This communiqué was developed on behalf of heads of international organizations, universities, scientific institutes and centres, scientific–technical companies and scientists of different countries. This communiqué was developed and issued by the World Organization for Scientific Cooperation (WOSCO) and Global Network for the Forecasting of Earthquakes (GNFE).
During recent years an upward trend of active measures and the undertaking of specific actions intended to decrease the negative impact of technogenic activity of humanity on global changes of climate has been observed. Constructive positions on this issue from the UNO, European Union, international organizations, governments of many countries, scientists, and leaders of business, are completely supported and welcomed by this communiqué’s initiative team.
“GEOCHANGE” as used in this communiqué refers to natural changes of the geological environment resulting from endogenic, exogenic, and cosmic factors, particularly solar activity and other processes taking place within Solar system, which have negative consequences for the stable development of humanity.
Presently, multiple scientific facts confirming increasing changes of a universal character of the geological environment have been collected. These changes indicate an acceleration of the rates of growth of geodynamic activity of the Earth, which are expressed, in particular, as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. A high risk of underestimation of the scale of impact of geologic factors on global climate change is evident.
Alarming facts about a drastic acceleration of the drift of magnetic poles of the Earth since 1990 not only have catastrophic consequences for global climatic changes, but also bear witness to changes in energetic processes internal to and external to the Earth that are responsible for the formation of the magnetic poles of our planet. Simultaneously, a decrease of magnetic intensity of the Earth is observed; in the last 25 years, it decreased on average by 1.7%, and in some regions, for example, in the Southern part of the Atlantic ocean, by 10%. We would like to concentrate attention on the point that the magnetic field of the Earth generates magnetic a screen from “magnetic field lines”, protecting the biosphere of the Earth from hard cosmic radiation which is destructive for biological forms of life.
It is necessary to take into account the fact that there was an increase of angle of cusps (polar holes in the magnetosphere to the North and to the South), between 1990 and 2000 reached 45°. Radiation from the solar wind and interplanetary space was directed towards expanded holes, i.e., a huge amount of additional cosmic particles and energy started to fall on polar areas, which leads to heating of polar caps. Particularly, the drift of the magnetic poles of the Earth and opening of the cusps leads not only to increased penetration of streams of hard cosmic radiation directed towards the Earth surface, but also to redistribution of temperature in its upper of the Earth’s atmosphere layers too. Such changes may lead to redistribution of areas of formation of cyclones and anticyclones, and thus, impact on global climate changes. This important factor is not taken into consideration in assessments of impact of exogenic factors on global climate changes.
Meanwhile, an increase of volcanic and seismic activity, in contrast to global climate changes, may lead to instant catastrophic consequences for entire regions of our planet: many people will die, the populations of large territories will be deprived of shelter and food, economies of states will be destroyed, and large scale epidemics of serious infectious diseases will occur. Presently, the world community is not ready to oppose such a possible aggravation of the situation. Meanwhile, periods of significant increase of endogenic activity during the geologic life of our planet have been observed many times and, according to many geologic indicators, the next such period is already starting.
Single instances of strong earthquakes and eruptions of volcanoes, which lead to large numbers of victims and a large amount of destruction in one country or another, are usually accompanied by wide international assistance of different humanitarian international organizations and individual states. Meanwhile, during the period of large scale natural cataclysms, a special, legal, administrative and financial mechanism for the management, coordination and accomplishment of rescue, restoration and other international measures in the regions of natural calamities will be required.
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