18/06/01
A blue-ribbon National Academy of Sciences panel, warning President Bush that an acceleration of temperature increases is likely this century, said that its "stated degree of confidence ... is higher today than it was 10, or even five years ago."
Ralph Cicerone, the University of California, Irvine, chancellor who chaired the committee, said a projected temperature rise of 2.5 degrees to 10.4 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100 is cause for Americans to be concerned.
The issue has resurfaced with a wallop this year because of President Bush's decision to reject the 1997 Kyoto warming treaty, which would have set rigid targets for emissions reductions by 2008. The move brought strong denunciations from environmentalists and European nations where global warming emotions run highest.
Unassailable is the fact that the earth is warming. Global temperatures are up 1 degree Fahrenheit in the last century, and most scientists agree that the rapid rise in greenhouse gases has something to do with it. According to the academy report, the increase of the last several decades is "likely mostly due to human activities."
Where the agreement ends is assessing the severity of the warming trend and its likely effects around the globe. The scientific panel arrived at a median projection of a 5.4 degree increase and said the upward trend likely would continue into the 22nd century.
so Jazz you were right about the 1 degree.
A blue-ribbon National Academy of Sciences panel, warning President Bush that an acceleration of temperature increases is likely this century, said that its "stated degree of confidence ... is higher today than it was 10, or even five years ago."
Ralph Cicerone, the University of California, Irvine, chancellor who chaired the committee, said a projected temperature rise of 2.5 degrees to 10.4 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100 is cause for Americans to be concerned.
The issue has resurfaced with a wallop this year because of President Bush's decision to reject the 1997 Kyoto warming treaty, which would have set rigid targets for emissions reductions by 2008. The move brought strong denunciations from environmentalists and European nations where global warming emotions run highest.
Unassailable is the fact that the earth is warming. Global temperatures are up 1 degree Fahrenheit in the last century, and most scientists agree that the rapid rise in greenhouse gases has something to do with it. According to the academy report, the increase of the last several decades is "likely mostly due to human activities."
Where the agreement ends is assessing the severity of the warming trend and its likely effects around the globe. The scientific panel arrived at a median projection of a 5.4 degree increase and said the upward trend likely would continue into the 22nd century.
so Jazz you were right about the 1 degree.
Kev.............General is right this is a public forum,
railbird post some of the most idiotic stuff, you will ever see, take it with a grain of salt and move on......
his whole agenda is to get a reaction from people.....
normally the only way someone like this can get a reaction is to post idiotic, senseless garbage......
railbird post some of the most idiotic stuff, you will ever see, take it with a grain of salt and move on......
his whole agenda is to get a reaction from people.....
normally the only way someone like this can get a reaction is to post idiotic, senseless garbage......
lol... BillDozer, that has got to be the gayest avater EVER. you couldn't find a gif of a shark that didn't make it look like you were fantasizing about putting you hand down a teenage boy's pants? New York used to be cool, but the Wu Tang Clan isn't what they used to be, and Dr. Dre. and Snoop Dogg have made a strong comback. So I gotta side with Railbird here. Come on, 10,000 or more Iraqi civilians have died in our ignorantly and blindly supported war, I don't see any of you monkeys crying for them. 10,000 miles isn't a whole lot, either.
