Guest guest Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 At 07:27 AM 6/9/07, you wrote: >Kisan Mehta Priya Salvi >Prakruti and Save Bombay Committee >102, MAUSAM, Plot No.285, Sector-28, Vashi, >Navi Mumbai-400705. >Mobile: 0091 9223448857 (Kisan Mehta) >Mobile: 0091 9324027494 (Priya Salvi) >http://www.savebombaycommittee.org >Email- >kisansbc >kisanmehta > > > > > > >Global Warming 'Is Three Times Faster Than Worst Predictions' >By Geoffrey Lean >03 June, 2007 >The Independent >Global warming is accelerating three times more quickly than feared, a >series of startling, authoritative studies has revealed. >They have found that emissions of carbon dioxide have been rising at >thrice the rate in the 1990s. The Arctic ice cap is melting three times as >fast - and the seas are rising twice as rapidly - as had been predicted. >News of the studies - which are bound to lead to calls for even tougher >anti-pollution measures than have yet been contemplated - comes as the >leaders of the world's most powerful nations prepare for the most crucial >meeting yet on tackling climate change. >The issue will be top of the agenda of the G8 summit which opens in the >German Baltic resort of Heiligendamm on Wednesday, placing unprecedented >pressure on President George Bush finally to agree to international measures. >Tony Blair flies to Berlin today to prepare for the summit with its host, >Angela Merkel, the German chancellor. They will discuss how to tackle >President Bush, who last week called for action to deal with climate >change, which his critics suggested was instead a way of delaying >international agreements. >Yesterday, there were violent clashes in the city harbour of Rostock >between police and demonstrators, during a largely peaceful march of tens >of thousands of people protesting against the summit. >The study, published by the US National Academy of Sciences, shows that >carbon dioxide emissions have been increasing by about 3 per cent a year >during this decade, compared with 1.1 per cent a year in the 1990s. >The significance is that this is much faster than even the highest >scenario outlined in this year's massive reports by the Intergovernmental >Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - and suggests that their dire forecasts of >devastating harvests, dwindling water supplies, melting ice and loss of >species are likely to be understating the threat facing the world. >The study found that nearly three-quarters of the growth in emissions came >from developing countries, with a particularly rapid rise in China. The >country, however, will resist being blamed for the problem, pointing out >that its people on average still contribute only about a sixth of the >carbon dioxide emitted by each American. And, the study shows, developed >countries, with less than a sixth of the world's people, still contribute >more than two-thirds of total emissions of the greenhouse gas. >On the ground, a study by the University of California's National Snow and >Ice Data Center shows that Arctic ice has declined by 7.8 per cent a >decade over the past 50 years, compared with an average estimate by IPCC >computer models of 2.5 per cent. >In yesterday's clashes, masked protesters hurled flagpoles, stones and >bottles and attacked with sticks forcing police to retreat. The police >said they were suffering " massive assaults " and that the situation was > " very chaotic " . They put the size of the demonstration at 25,000; >organisers said it was 80,000. >© 2007 Independent News and Media Limited ****** Kraig and Shirley Carroll ... in the woods of SE Kentucky http://www.thehavens.com/ thehavens 606-376-3363 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release 2/14/05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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