Climate Change Threatens Japanese Zen Gardens. By Richard Lloyd Parry, London Times, September 1, 2008. "Kyoto, the old capital of Japan, is famous for two things: its Buddhist temples and the 1997 treaty that set out, with mixed results, to tackle global warming. Now the failure of the second is threatening the first as accelerating climate change eats away at Kyoto's ancient heritage. Temples across the city, including some of its most famous, are reporting the rapid erosion of the delicate moss that forms an essential component of their famous Zen gardens. A rise in temperatures and a change in the patterns of rain that nourish the moss are destroying a plant that is as essential to Japanese gardens as grass is to English horticulture."
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