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Tony Blair and Global Warming

Many people have considered the idea that global warming won't be so extreme. However, recently an article was published from the British Met office. It stated that temperatures don't need to rise that much for dramatic changes to occur. "temperature need only rise about halfway to the worst-case scenario for such catastrophic events as the melting of the Greenland ice cap, or, worse yet, the West Antarctic ice sheet. The latter event could raise sea levels a whopping 5 meters, or about 16 ft., which could drown huge swaths of low-lying coastland and essentially wipe out countries like Bangladesh and the Maldives. Modest temperature increases could also shut off key ocean currents, like the Gulf Stream, plunging Europe into a mini-Ice Age." With this report, Tony Blair responded with “"It is now plain that the emission of greenhouse gas is causing global warming at a rate that is unsustainable.”
I think that it's great that world leaders are finally realizing the problem with global warming. Maybe they'll get past unresolved issues and work to achieve an international agreement. However, at this rate, whose to say that anything will be done.
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posted by Anonymous @ 2/09/2006 08:33:00 PM