[MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS] global warming again

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Here's an excerpt from an article from yesterday's paper.  I live in 
Minneapolis, so maybe my property value will increase.  On the other hand, 
if Kansas becomes a desert, we might have some trouble getting food. 
Here is my estimate of the probability that the people of planet Earth 
will get their emissions under control in time to stave off disaster: 
0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000326

That's rounded to the 67th digit.

Mike


Climate Scientists Issue Dire Warning
from the Guardian (UK)

The Earth's temperature could rise under the impact of global warming to 
levels far higher than previously predicted, according to the United 
Nations' team of climate experts.

A draft of the next influential Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 
(IPCC) report will tell politicians that scientists are now unable to 
place a reliable upper limit on how quickly the atmosphere will warm as 
carbon dioxide levels increase. The report draws together research over 
the past five years and will be presented to national governments in April 
and made public next year. It raises the possibility of the Earth's 
temperature rising well above the ceiling quoted in earlier accounts.

Such an outcome would have severe consequences, such as the collapse of 
the Greenland ice sheet and disruption of the Gulf Stream ocean current.

full text:
http://tinyurl.com/qgctt

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