Global warming worse than predicted: Surprised?
Posted by feww on February 15, 2009
Our regular readers probably remember Thought for the Day: A 2009 Forecast AND
The most widely used phrase by ‘scientists’ in 2009 : ‘We were completely surprised!’
The first of the ‘surprises’ in 2009 is a BIG one!
Global Warming is occurring at a faster rate than scientists had predicted, according to a climate scientist.
“The consequence of that is we are basically looking now at a future climate that is beyond anything that we’ve considered seriously,” Chris Field, a climate scientist and a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, said on saturday.
Smoke billows from an iron and steel plant in Hefei, Anhui province December 9, 2007. All nations must do more to fight climate change, and rich countries must make deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the worst impacts, a draft proposal at United Nations talks said on Saturday. REUTERS/Jianan Yu (CHINA). Image may be subject to copyright.
Field reported that “the actual trajectory of climate change is more serious” than any previously predicted in the IPCC’s fourth assessment report named “Climate Change 2007.”
“He said recent climate studies suggested the continued warming of the planet from greenhouse gas emissions could touch off large, destructive wildfires in tropical rain forests and melt permafrost in the Arctic tundra, releasing billions of tons of greenhouse gasses that could raise global temperatures even more.” Reuters reported.
“There is a real risk that human-caused climate change will accelerate the release of carbon dioxide from forest and tundra ecosystems, which have been storing a lot of carbon for thousands of years,” Field said.
“We now have data showing that from 2000 to 2007, greenhouse gas emissions increased far more rapidly than we expected, primarily because developing countries, like China and India, saw a huge surge in electric power generation, almost all of it based on coal,” Field added.
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disinter said
the 74-year-old geologist argued that the “global warming scare is being used as a political tool to increase government control over American lives, incomes and decision making.”
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/general/view/2009_02_15_Former_astronaut_speaks_out_on_global_warming
feww said
Two problems with the astronaut’s noise:
1. “government control.” It’s Wall Street which exercises control over “American lives, incomes and decision making,” NOT the govt per se.
2. “conspiracy theory.” Some people still maintain walking on the moon was a hoax. Harrison Schmitt is well advised to address their concern first! 😉