Global Warming Article

Posted by Danny

February 2, 2007

Amazing how sometimes the news stories are exactly what we are debating! Here is a great global warming article from the associated press discussing the 4th report of the IPCC – some great quotes!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_on_sc/france_climate_change

Here are the cards I got out of it – what did you cut?

Human attempts to control the problem will not solve global warming

Associated Press 2/1/07 (Global warming man-made, will continue, accessed online at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_on_sc/france_climate_change)

Scientists from 113 countries issued a landmark report Friday saying they have little doubt global warming is caused by man, and predicting that hotter temperatures and rises in sea level will “continue for centuries” no matter how much humans control their pollution.

IPCC Report not mean to dissuade policy action

Associated Press 2/1/07 (Global warming man-made, will continue, accessed online at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_on_sc/france_climate_change)

“The public should not sit back and say ‘There’s nothing we can do’,” Steiner said. “Anyone who would continue to risk inaction on the basis of the evidence presented here will one day in the history books be considered irresponsible.”

The 21-page report represents the most authoritative science on global warming as the panel comprises hundreds of scientists and representatives. It only addresses how and why the planet is warming, not what to do about it. Another report by the panel later this year will address the most effective measures for slowing global warming.

One of the authors, Kevin Trenberth, said scientists are worried that world leaders will take the message in the wrong way and throw up their hands. Instead, world leaders should to reduce emissions and adapt to a warmer world with wilder weather, he said.

Scientists now have 90% certainty global warming caused by human activity

Associated Press 2/1/07 (Global warming man-made, will continue, accessed online at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_on_sc/france_climate_change

The scientists said global warming was “very likely” caused by human activity, a phrase that translates to a more than 90 percent certainty that it is caused by man’s burning of fossil fuels. That was the strongest conclusion to date, making it nearly impossible to say natural forces are to blame.

it also said no matter how much civilization slows or reduces its greenhouse gas emissions, global warming and sea level rise will continue on for centuries.

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