Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 04/07/2009 10:50:01 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
OSLO/BONN (Reuters) – Global warming is likely to overshoot a 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 F) rise seen by the European Union and many developing nations as a trigger for "dangerous" change, a Reuters poll of scientists showed on Tuesday.
Nine of 11 experts, who were among authors of the final summary by the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2007 (IPCC), also said the evidence that mankind was to blame for climate change had grown stronger in the past two years.
Giving personal views of recent research, most projected on average a faster melt of summer ice in the Arctic and a quicker rise in sea levels than estimated in the 2007 report, the most authoritative overview to date drawing on work by 2,500 experts.
"A lot of the impacts we're seeing are running ahead of our expectations," said William Hare of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
Ten of 11 experts said it was at best "unlikely" -- or less than a one-third chance -- that the world would manage to limit warming to a 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) rise above pre-industrial levels.
"Scientifically it can be done. But it's unlikely given the level of political will," said Salemeel Huq at the International Institute for Environment and Development in London.
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The IPCC said in 2007 that it was at least 90 percent certain that human activities, led by burning fossil fuels, were the main cause of warming in the past 50 years. Nine reckoned that evidence was stronger, two said it was unchanged.
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Being a liberal means never having to acknowledge reality.
Hmmm, the above might make a good tagline.
“Scientists”
Like Al Gore.
Hmm. I thought it felt a little close in my office.
personal views and opinions, nothing more..
we go to war for less than that .. or used to..
It’s warming, it’s getting hotter and hotter. The Ice is melting, we’re cooking. We’re heating. Hot hot hot.
Now send us your money to cool things down.
Can you imagine how the sun, moon and stars feel when we march around saying donate to save the planet?
How many times in the last ten years have we crossed over the tipping point of doom in the next ten years?
Total, absolute, complete BS.
Hey Norm!
I’m bloody freezing over here.
That’s interesting.
Tonight we’re expecting record COLD temperatures in South Florida.
Oh, wait. I forgot. Global warming causes global cooling, too.
The authors of the final summary did not include scientists nor experts.
The authors of the final summary were politicians.
These “scientists” should come out to Wisconsin, April 7th and the temperature hasn’t reached 40 degrees yet.
I’m still waitin’ to ride the Harley.
Did someone mention the UN? FAIL.
Last night it was 37 degrees at my house.
I live in Texas.
Here’s the real problem; the more we tend our garden, the weedier it gets:
“Removal of manmade sun-blocking smoke under clean air laws may add a 1 Celsius rise while oceans will warm further under a lag effect, underscoring how near the 2 degrees limit is already.”
You will note that the IPCC draws off the last warm period peak, and tries to extrapolate an increasing trend from there. However an intelligent reading of the chart shows there is nothing out of the ordinary from the little ice age, in the 1700s, and there is no real change since the 1940s when CO2 generation by man went way up. It's been pretty much a steady warming of 0.50C per century since the little ice age melted. More here:
Joanne also has a very worthwhile read called the Skeptics Handbook which is full of good data to rebuke the lies.
And just WHAT warming would that be?
The climate is cooler now than has been for the last 12 years.
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