planetsave.com — "All the focus on reducing climate change is based on what will happen this century, but what happens the century after if we fail? According to new research findings, reasonable worse-cast scenarios for global warming if rising greenhouse gas emissions are not stamped out could see Earth’s temperature exceed that which humans can tolerate...."
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merrysparrowMay 5, 2010
Too many "if"s.
Closed AccountMay 5, 2010
No it wont. Realistically we're looking at a 2-4 degrees celsius increase, 7 degrees on the outside. That's a lot, but FAR below "lethal" levels.
ninhMay 6, 2010
And far below historic levels before the begin of the current ice age.
buddywlkr3May 6, 2010
But what if the real danger is another ice age? After all, 40 years ago, that is the danger that was predicted. A Newsweek article on April 28, 1975 quoted scientists predicting the coming of another ice age because of a precipitous drop in world temperatures. At that time, some scientists were urging action to stop the cooling. We saw record low temperatures throughout the United States during this past winter, with record snowfalls falling in the Northeast in April. There was snow is Spain during May, and they were calling it the coldest May since records began.