[prakruti] Global Warming 'Is Three Times Faster Than Worst Predictions'

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>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

 

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