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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Seething at the UN's IPCC conference as China questions global warming |
| 2007-04-07 |
| BRUSSELS: In a sign of shifting politics over global warming, leading scientists said Friday that China was among a group of nations that had sought to water down a major report on climate change, while they credited the United States, long a skeptic about climate change, with sometimes playing a helpful role. Capping four days of debate between scientists and representatives from more than 100 governments, Martin Parry, co-chairman of the team from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said the effects of climate change were widespread and measurable, with much more to come. "We're no longer arm-waving with models," said Parry. "This is empirical information on the ground." He added that the areas most affected were likely to be the Arctic, sub-Saharan Africa, and small islands and Asia's sprawling, crowded, flood-prone river deltas. |
| Posted by:John Frum |
| #3 Isn't it global warming which produces more carbon dioxide and not the other way around? Oh... pardon me for letting facts get in the way of speculation.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2007-04-07 18:42 |
| #2 concluded with 90 percent certainty that human actions were the main cause of warming since 1950 Curious, anyone who has studied science would know that 95% certainty is considered the minimum for a result to be considered valid. It's one of those thing you hear a hundred times. Of course the 90% certainty is utter bollocks, but the message the number sends to real scientists is interesting. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2007-04-07 18:34 |
| #1 Greenhouse gases...they mean water vapor and methane, right? Well, here is a suggestion. If all the "global warmints" stop breathing, they can substantially reduce the production of greenhouse gases. How about that? |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-04-07 13:33 |