Climate Change: The Forecast Is Looking More And More Extreme
Geschreven op 19-1-2011 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Klimaat
“In a report on flooding in Australia and Brazil, ABC News makes the link between these natural disasters and the climate crisis. As the earth warms, scientists tell us that we will see more and more extreme weather conditions. Each of these occurrences further underscore why we need to take immediate action to solve the climate crisis”. Al Gore
ABC World News reports on the floods in Brazil and Australia and record precipitation — including winter snows — around the world, during the hottest global temperatures in recorded history. Dr. Richard Somerville explains: “This is no longer something that’s theory or conjecture or something that comes out of computer models. We’re observing the climate changing. It’s real. It’s happening. It’s scientific fact.”
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19 januari 2011 om 23:09 | Permalink
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Anyone reading the news about recent extreme weather events may understandably be confused by the varied statements regarding the attribution of these events to climate change. This debate seems to intensify each year but there is a danger that it is simply going round in circles — pondering the same short-term questions at each occurrence without paying attention to the ultimate warning signs. Read more at Greenpeace