Angel Eyes
02-27-2014, 03:18 PM
Climate change is man-made and is worsening despite a slowdown in global warming, claims report
Report published by U.S. National Academy of Sciences and Royal Society
It claims human activity has increased CO2 concentrations by 40 per cent
Since 1900, global average surface temperature has risen by 0.8 °C (1.4 °F)
It argues 90 per cent of heat trapped by greenhouse gases has been absorbed into the oceans', which for a while slows surface warming
Sir Paul Nurse, president of Royal Society, says there is enough evidence on the science to warrant action
Man-made global warming is worsening and will disrupt both the natural world and human society, according to a joint report of two of the world's leading scientific organisations.
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society, which is the national scientific academy of the UK, have released an unusual plain language report on climate change that addressed 20 issues.
‘People do have persistent questions all about climate change,’ said study author Ben Santer of the Lawrence Livermore National Lab in California. ‘This is a one-stop shop for many of those questions.’
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If emissions continue on their present trajectory, without either technological or regulatory abatement, then the best estimate is that global average temperature will warm a further 2.6 to 4.8 °C (4.7 to 8.6 °F) by the end of the century (right). The figure on left shows projected warming with very aggressive emissions reductions
The Climate Change: Evidence and Causes report, released today, addresses new issues such as the recent slowing in the increase of world temperatures and how heat-trapping gases are connected to extreme weather.
It maintains there is unequivocal evidence that soaring levels of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere are mainly the result of burning fossil fuels.
Carbon dioxide is now at its highest level for at least 800,000 years, and records dating back to the mid-19th century show a clear long-term warming trend.
Report published by U.S. National Academy of Sciences and Royal Society
It claims human activity has increased CO2 concentrations by 40 per cent
Since 1900, global average surface temperature has risen by 0.8 °C (1.4 °F)
It argues 90 per cent of heat trapped by greenhouse gases has been absorbed into the oceans', which for a while slows surface warming
Sir Paul Nurse, president of Royal Society, says there is enough evidence on the science to warrant action
Man-made global warming is worsening and will disrupt both the natural world and human society, according to a joint report of two of the world's leading scientific organisations.
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society, which is the national scientific academy of the UK, have released an unusual plain language report on climate change that addressed 20 issues.
‘People do have persistent questions all about climate change,’ said study author Ben Santer of the Lawrence Livermore National Lab in California. ‘This is a one-stop shop for many of those questions.’
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/02/27/article-2568825-1BE1F73800000578-533_634x238.jpg+5
If emissions continue on their present trajectory, without either technological or regulatory abatement, then the best estimate is that global average temperature will warm a further 2.6 to 4.8 °C (4.7 to 8.6 °F) by the end of the century (right). The figure on left shows projected warming with very aggressive emissions reductions
The Climate Change: Evidence and Causes report, released today, addresses new issues such as the recent slowing in the increase of world temperatures and how heat-trapping gases are connected to extreme weather.
It maintains there is unequivocal evidence that soaring levels of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere are mainly the result of burning fossil fuels.
Carbon dioxide is now at its highest level for at least 800,000 years, and records dating back to the mid-19th century show a clear long-term warming trend.