Word: ipcc
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...that the global-temperature rise can now be blamed, at least in part, on human activity. Statements like this have been made before by individual researchers--who have been criticized for going too far beyond the scientific consensus. But this report comes from the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a respected U.N.-sponsored body made up of more than 1,500 leading climate experts from 60 nations...
...general, the news is not good. Over the next century, says the IPCC report...
Even if Lindzen is wrong and the IPCC report is right, there might not be much anyone could do. Slashing emissions of greenhouse gases to stave off global warming would be straightforward enough, but that doesn't mean it would be easy. Among the strategies recommended in the new report: switching from coal and oil to natural gas, turning to nuclear and solar energy, slowing deforestation, altering land-use and traffic patterns, curbing automobile use, changing life-styles and employment patterns...