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Monday, 6 November 2006
Getting warmer ::
A couple of weeks ago, I picked up Al Gore’s book, An Inconvenient Truth. I started reading it last night and was, to be honest, more surprised than I should have been at the evidence that CO2 levels and temperatures are rising.
I read a bit more tonight, and then just now came across an article about a climate conference beginning Monday in Kenya:
Among more recent results:
- World temperatures have risen to levels not seen in at least 12,000 years, propelled by rapid warming the past 30 years, U.S. climate scientists reported in September.
- NASA last month reported “dramatic” melting of Greenland’s ice mass, at a rate of 41 cubic miles per year, far surpassing the gain of 14 cubic miles per year from snowfall.
- Britain’s Hadley Center for Climate Prediction and Research forecast last month that extreme drought could eventually affect one-third of the planet if climate change is not reined in.
Mon, 6 Nov 2006, 01:07 PST
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