MMGW worst than predicted
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Looks like TB has it all wrong; according to Mr. Field the Indian and Chinese flavour of GW are much worse than predicted.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090215/twl-global-war...
Chris Field, a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said it is being spurred on by sharp increases in greenhouse gas emissions from developing countries like China and India.
"The consequence of that is we are basically looking now at a future climate that is beyond anything that we've considered seriously," Mr Field said.
"The actual trajectory of climate change is more serious" than any of the climate predictions in the IPCC's fourth assessment report, Climate Change 2007.
He said recent climate studies suggested the continued warming of the planet from greenhouse gas emissions could set off large, destructive wildfires in tropical rain forests and melt permafrost in the Arctic, releasing billions of tons of greenhouse gasses that could raise global temperatures even more.
"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," Mr Field said.
He pointed to recent studies showing the fourth assessment report underestimated the potential severity of global warming over the next 100 years.
"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," Mr Field said.
He said that trend was likely to continue if more countries turned to coal and other carbon-intensive fuels to meet their energy needs. If so, he said the impact of climate change would be "more serious and diverse" than the IPCC's most recent predictions.
ETA: Excuse the "worth of boast worlds" grammatical error in title. My typist has been handed over to the firing squad.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090215/twl-global-war...
Chris Field, a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said it is being spurred on by sharp increases in greenhouse gas emissions from developing countries like China and India.
"The consequence of that is we are basically looking now at a future climate that is beyond anything that we've considered seriously," Mr Field said.
"The actual trajectory of climate change is more serious" than any of the climate predictions in the IPCC's fourth assessment report, Climate Change 2007.
He said recent climate studies suggested the continued warming of the planet from greenhouse gas emissions could set off large, destructive wildfires in tropical rain forests and melt permafrost in the Arctic, releasing billions of tons of greenhouse gasses that could raise global temperatures even more.
"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," Mr Field said.
He pointed to recent studies showing the fourth assessment report underestimated the potential severity of global warming over the next 100 years.
"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," Mr Field said.
He said that trend was likely to continue if more countries turned to coal and other carbon-intensive fuels to meet their energy needs. If so, he said the impact of climate change would be "more serious and diverse" than the IPCC's most recent predictions.
ETA: Excuse the "worth of boast worlds" grammatical error in title. My typist has been handed over to the firing squad.
Edited by Richie200 on Sunday 15th February 14:35
Utter bulls
t, what they seem to forget is that the levels of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere are pretty much the lowest we've ever seen in Earth's history. Wouldn't it be cheaper just to nuke developing Countries, rather than attempting to stamp them down with extreme environmental rhetoric suggesting the end of the World is nigh - are they really that much of a threat to Countries as well managed as the UK or US...oh hang on! 
Terrorism and climate change are both massively over publicised, but seemingly good enough excuses for most of our population to give up their most basic human rights along with their hard earned money through taxes!
The whole thing is rubbish, and I'm fking disgusted to be associated with anyone in the human race who spouts such fantasy. Alien people, if you're out there, just blow us into the sun - as a race we've peaked.
t, what they seem to forget is that the levels of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere are pretty much the lowest we've ever seen in Earth's history. Wouldn't it be cheaper just to nuke developing Countries, rather than attempting to stamp them down with extreme environmental rhetoric suggesting the end of the World is nigh - are they really that much of a threat to Countries as well managed as the UK or US...oh hang on! Terrorism and climate change are both massively over publicised, but seemingly good enough excuses for most of our population to give up their most basic human rights along with their hard earned money through taxes!
The whole thing is rubbish, and I'm f
king disgusted to be associated with anyone in the human race who spouts such fantasy. Alien people, if you're out there, just blow us into the sun - as a race we've peaked.
I thought they'd stopped calling it Global Warming (as the temperature had inconveniently remained static for about the last decade) and were now preaching Climate Change[tm]
Why won't they face up to the fact that they just don't know what effects we might have had on the climate.
Anyhow, I thought Climate Change[tm] had been postponed due to the Credit Crunch[tm]
Why won't they face up to the fact that they just don't know what effects we might have had on the climate.
Anyhow, I thought Climate Change[tm] had been postponed due to the Credit Crunch[tm]
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