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...than 90% likely the result of human activity. We are locked into some amount of climate change: the IPCC reported that even if we managed to end all greenhouse-gas emissions today, the earth would continue to warm through the rest of the century because of the amount of carbon we have already added to the atmosphere. But if the 600 international scientists who authored the assessment have fingered the culprits behind global warming, the question now becomes how the world will respond. The policy debate will be even more contentious than the scientific one. China, which could become...
...Temperatures Depending on greenhouse-gas emissions, global temperatures will rise between 1.1?C and 6.4?C by 2100. If carbon levels double from the pre-industrial norm-something many experts say is a lock-the IPCC believes the mercury will rise by about 3?C, accompanied by longer and more intense heat waves...
...Pollution Surprisingly, the report suggests that by reflecting solar energy, visible airborne particles like sulfates from coal-burning power plants could actually have a cooling effect. But while better filters are reducing visible air pollution around the world, invisible-and harmful-carbon emissions are on the rise...
...human activity. The report's authors--some 600 scientists from 40 countries--also noted that we are locked into more climate change. Even if all greenhouse-gas emissions miraculously ended today, the earth would continue to warm through the rest of the century because of the amount of carbon we have already added to the atmosphere. Now that the IPCC has fingered the culprits behind global warming, the question becomes how will world leaders respond. And the policy debates are shaping up to be even more contentious than the scientific ones. China, which could become the world's largest carbon...
...about this whole global warming thing. While there are still a range of opinions on how bad the problem will become and to what degree we humans have cooked our own goose, 2007 will probably see the beginnings of real movement on this issue. Emissions restrictions, tradable caps on carbon dioxide, new methods of ethanol production, and other measures that most people won’t bother to understand might just keep the Eastern seaboard from being underwater in 2050. Expect the next year to be filled with more artsy Environmental Action Committee happenings outside of the Science Center...