Scientists fear global warming higher than expected

[G_j]

http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-146995-16&type=News

Published: today 08:50 | Updated: today 11:58


Scientists fear global warming higher than expected

In Short:

New scientific modelling suggests the earth's average temperature could rise by 7.8°C by 2300 if fossil fuel consumption remains unchanged, with polar ice caps melting and seas rising by seven meters.

Brief News:

New climate modelling by researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California suggest the magnitude of global warming could be much higher than expected, with dire consequences for the economy.

The researchers' simulations show that, if humans use the entire planet's available fossil fuels by the year 2300, the polar ice caps will be depleted, sea levels will rise by seven meters and median air temperatures will soar to 7.8°C warmer than the present day. The Arctic and Antarctic would be hardest hit with temperatures there rising more than in the tropics, by more than 20°C, forcing the land in the region to change from ice and tundra to boreal forests.

Separate research performed by scientists at the Harvard Medical School of Public Affairs point to significant impact of climate change on human health with dire costs for the economy and significant impact on the insurance industry.

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[MarsThe Cat]

1. 2300?

yeah...so?

i don't plan on being around much past 2061 or so, anyway.

[Teaser]

2. A ture forward thinker.

nt

[G_j]

3. Don't worry

you won't miss the excitement
:sarcasm:
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=2005110712033126

All Eyes on Greenland: Global Warming Continues to Warm the Globe

Monday, November 07 2005 @ 12:03 PM PST

[PDJane]

I do wish that the US

Would wake the hell up and smell the greenhouse gasses.

There is evidence that the bogs and soil in the northern hemisphere are giving up carbon gasses at an unprecedented rate because of global warming, a case of global warming making global warming worse. Time to try to put the brakes on.

[PDJane]

4. I do wish that the US

Would wake the hell up and smell the greenhouse gasses.

There is evidence that the bogs and soil in the northern hemisphere are giving up carbon gasses at an unprecedented rate because of global warming, a case of global warming making global warming worse. Time to try to put the brakes on.

[steely]

6. I wonder - did we reach the tipping point yet?

It be nice to know that if we took some action we could apply some brakes to this situation.

By the way...
Wecome to DU!!

[Boomer]

5. 2300 sounds like the height of optimism

I fear it's going to happen a lot sooner than that. End of THIS century wouldn't surprise me, although I won't be around to say "I told you so..."

[Junkdrawer]

7. Great Line....

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As bad as Arctic melting would be, it’s nothing compared to the big momma of ice cap fears: The dreaded Greenland Thaw. Eric the Red no doubt fantasized about such a melt while trying to colonize the place with dubious Vikings, but for me Revkin’s description of the Greenland cap was the scariest thing on offer this Halloween: “Rising two miles high and spreading over an area twice the size of California, this vast reservoir – essentially the Gulf of Mexico frozen and flipped onto land – contains enough water to raise sea levels worldwide more than 20 feet.”

I don’t have my handy sea-level calculator in front of me, but I believe that would make the New York Stock Exchange a very big turtle tank.

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