Friday, February 02, 2007
UN climate report paints bleak picture
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(Gerard Wynn and Alister Doyle - Mail & Guardian).
The United Nations climate panel issued its strongest warning yet on Friday that human activities are heating the planet, adding pressure on governments to do more to combat accelerating global warming.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the most authoritative group on warming grouping 2 500 scientists from more than 130 nations, predicted more severe rains, melting glaciers, droughts, heatwaves and rising sea levels.
The final text said it was "very likely" -- or a probability of more than 90% -- that human activities led by burning fossil fuels explained most of the warming in the past 50 years.
That is a toughening from the last report, in 2001, when the IPCC said the link was "likely", or 66% probable. Signs of...
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Golden-fronted bowerbirdPosted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Gerard Wynn and Alister Doyle - Mail & Guardian).
The United Nations climate panel issued its strongest warning yet on Friday that human activities are heating the planet, adding pressure on governments to do more to combat accelerating global warming.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the most authoritative group on warming grouping 2 500 scientists from more than 130 nations, predicted more severe rains, melting glaciers, droughts, heatwaves and rising sea levels.
The final text said it was "very likely" -- or a probability of more than 90% -- that human activities led by burning fossil fuels explained most of the warming in the past 50 years.
That is a toughening from the last report, in 2001, when the IPCC said the link was "likely", or 66% probable. Signs of...
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