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Panel Says Global Warming Risks Sudden, Deep Changes
New York Times ^ | December 3, 2013 | By JUSTIN GILLIS

Posted on 12/03/2013 5:46:12 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Continued global warming poses a risk of rapid, drastic changes in some human and natural systems, a scientific panel warned Tuesday, citing the possible collapse of polar sea ice, the potential for a mass extinction of plant and animal life and the threat of immense dead zones in the ocean.

“The reality is that the climate is changing,” said James W. C. Wanker, a paleoclimatologist at the University of Colorado Boulder who headed the committee on abrupt impacts of climate change. “It’s going to continue to happen, and it’s going to be part of everyday life for centuries to come — perhaps longer than that.”

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To: Oldeconomybuyer
“It’s going to continue to happen, and it’s going to be part of everyday life for centuries to come — perhaps longer than that.”

And it has been happening for centuries past so what's the problem?

41 posted on 12/03/2013 8:34:31 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (If you think signing up for ObamaCare was fun, wait until you try to use it.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Continued global warming poses a risk of rapid, drastic changes in some human and natural systems, a scientific panel warned Tuesday...”

Then they filed yet another application for a fat government grant, got into their Mercedes luxury cars and drove home to the mansion for a pre-prandial champagne cocktail.


42 posted on 12/03/2013 10:38:10 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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So, would sudden global cooling prove global warming?

Of course, Dummy!
And sudden global warming proves global cooling.

See? It all works out!

43 posted on 12/04/2013 6:54:08 PM PST by publius911 ( At least Nixon had the good grace to resign!)
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