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| Subject: Get out the tinfoil hats!....the sky is falling! | |
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Date Posted: 08:56:14 06/06/07 Wed In reply to: Bev 's message, "Global warming increasing 3 times faster than formerly thought" on 17:24:24 06/05/07 Tue >there will be more and more storms like this along >with all the other problems associated with global >warming > > >href="http://environment.independent.co.uk/climate_chan >ge/article2609305.ece">http://environment.independent.c >o.uk/climate_change/article2609305.ece > >Global warming 'is three times faster than worst >predictions' >By Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor >Published: 03 June 2007 >Global warming is accelerating three times more >quickly than feared, a series of startling, >authoritative studies has revealed. > >They have found that emissions of carbon dioxide have >been rising at thrice the rate in the 1990s. The >Arctic ice cap is melting three times as fast - and >the seas are rising twice as rapidly - as had been >predicted. > >News of the studies - which are bound to lead to calls >for even tougher anti-pollution measures than have yet >been contemplated - comes as the leaders of the >world's most powerful nations prepare for the most >crucial meeting yet on tackling climate change. > >The issue will be top of the agenda of the G8 summit >which opens in the German Baltic resort of >Heiligendamm on Wednesday, placing unprecedented >pressure on President George Bush finally to agree to >international measures. > >Tony Blair flies to Berlin today to prepare for the >summit with its host, Angela Merkel, the German >chancellor. They will discuss how to tackle President >Bush, who last week called for action to deal with >climate change, which his critics suggested was >instead a way of delaying international agreements. > >Yesterday, there were violent clashes in the city >harbour of Rostock between police and demonstrators, >during a largely peaceful march of tens of thousands >of people protesting against the summit. > >The study, published by the US National Academy of >Sciences, shows that carbon dioxide emissions have >been increasing by about 3 per cent a year during this >decade, compared with 1.1 per cent a year in the 1990s. > >The significance is that this is much faster than even >the highest scenario outlined in this year's massive >reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate >Change (IPCC) - and suggests that their dire forecasts >of devastating harvests, dwindling water supplies, >melting ice and loss of species are likely to be >understating the threat facing the world. > >The study found that nearly three-quarters of the >growth in emissions came from developing countries, >with a particularly rapid rise in China. The country, >however, will resist being blamed for the problem, >pointing out that its people on average still >contribute only about a sixth of the carbon dioxide >emitted by each American. And, the study shows, >developed countries, with less than a sixth of the >world's people, still contribute more than two-thirds >of total emissions of the greenhouse gas. > >On the ground, a study by the University of >California's National Snow and Ice Data Center shows >that Arctic ice has declined by 7.8 per cent a decade >over the past 50 years, compared with an average >estimate by IPCC computer models of 2.5 per cent. > >In yesterday's clashes, masked protesters hurled >flagpoles, stones and bottles and attacked with sticks >forcing police to retreat. The police said they were >suffering "massive assaults" and that the situation >was "very chaotic". They put the size of the >demonstration at 25,000; organisers said it was 80,000. > >Further reading: Go to >pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.0700609104 >Also in this section >In Antarctica, proof that action on climate change is >more urgent than ever >Miliband goes to US to deliver ultimatum on climate >change >Blair calls for climate change action >Labels will tell passengers the damage their flights >do >Mr & Mrs Greener: But are the Camerons [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| Re: No it isn't falling, it is being militarized | L. | 09:16:36 06/06/07 Wed |
| Only some one with a overblown ego would come up with the statement you did | Bev | 09:32:56 06/06/07 Wed |
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| It fell on oman, strongest hurricane to ever hit arabian peninsula! | jw | 20:00:39 06/10/07 Sun |