Sunday 4 October 2009

New Analysis Brings Dire Global Warming Prediction - washingtonpost.com

New Analysis Brings Dire Global Warming Prediction - washingtonpost.com

"... Climate researchers now predict the planet will warm by 6.3 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century even if the world's leaders fulfill their most ambitious climate pledges, a much faster and broader scale of change than forecast just two years ago, according to a report released Thursday by the United Nations Environment Program. ... Other findings include the fact that sea level might rise by as much as six feet by 2100 instead of 1.5 feet, as the IPCC had projected, and the Arctic may experience a sea-ice summer by 2030, rather than by the end of the century. ..."

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