Currently, a more likely explanation for increasingly frequent disasters of various kinds around the world is something deeper. Put simply, the movement of heavenly bodies — the Sun and the Moon — causes shifts in the Earth’s magnetic core and a weakening of its magnetic strength, and this in turn leads to more frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and to extremes of temperature, frequent disease outbreaks, epidemics and other disasters.
The challenges that lie before us include more than just typhoons and global warming. Will an understanding of potential disasters alarm the public? Not really — being prepared can only increase public safety.
Lin Chong-pin is a professor at the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies at Tamkang University.
TRANSLATED BY JULIAN CLEGG
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