DanG
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World may be heating quickly
| Quote From Source: | Climate change is happening faster than predicted and the world could be as much as seven degrees hotter by the end of the century, a CSIRO scientist says.
New Australian research showed current policies did not go far enough to manage the risks posed by climate change, according to Dr Roger Jones, a climate risk analyst with CSIRO's energy transformed flagship.
Global action was needed by 2015 to adequately reduce those risks, he said.
The research, conducted by CSIRO and Victoria University, showed even if severe emissions cuts were implemented from 2030, warming of 2.2 to 4.7 degrees could still happen by 2100.
If the present high emissions path was followed, the most likely warming was between 3.4 and 7.2 degrees.
The risks posed by climate change were worse than had been predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2000, Dr Jones said.
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DanG
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ya know - anymore I can see this with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck...
its Warming Season
its Cooling Season
its Warming Season
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Once these guys prove their numbers I'll listen to them. But until then can prove their results they are basically just making up numbers to scare grants out of people.
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If these guys could tell what my local temp is going to be 10 days from now (within a few deg) I might be able to give them a little more creditablity about what my local temp will be 10 years from now. |
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DanG
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| Quoting Zymrgy - posted on 5/7/2008 at 18:55 |
If these guys could tell what my local temp is going to be 10 days from now (within a few deg) I might be able to give them a little more creditablity about what my local temp will be 10 years from now.
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gawd - that is SOOOO true |
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