Climate 'clearly out of balance' (BBC) {American Geophysical Union Council}

[eppur_se_muova]

The world's climate is "clearly out of balance and is warming", the world's largest society of Earth and space scientists has said in a statement.

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) warned that changes to the Earth's climate system were "not natural".

Changes in temperature, sea level and rainfall were best explained by the increased concentration of greenhouse gases from human activities, it added.

The union called for carbon emissions to be cut by more than 50% by 2100.

It is the first time the AGU has updated its policy position on climate change since 2003, when it called for a concerted worldwide study to understand how the Earth would change as a result of climate change.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7207335.stm

[tom_paine]

1. Damned intellectuals. Who do they think they are?

:sarcasm:

[eppur_se_muova]

3. Experts -- *pfft*! Whadda THEY know?

My favorite Homer Simpson quote!

[FirstLight]

2. 50% by when?

...um, excuse me...2100 will be FAR too late!!!!

[GliderGuider]

4. It's already too late for anything but protective measures.

The convergent crises we've only recently become aware of have already arrived - the energy shortages, the food shortages, the water shortages, the social and economic instabilities - they're happening right now.

I suspect we've got less than 15 years before the hardships creep across our own borders. It's duck and cover time.