EU: Earth warming faster (than IPCC estimates) - Reuters

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

EU: Earth warming faster
Tue Apr 7, 2009 1:03pm EDT

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.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE5363MV20090407

[pscot]

1. Well, I must say

This comes as a complete surprise.

[kestrel91316]

2. Yeah. NO ONE could have forseen this.

[hatrack]

3. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand . . . we're OFF!!!

[Dead_Parrot]

4. .

:evilgrin:

[XemaSab]

5. .

;)