Global Climate past the "tipping point?"
I had a friend who once said, "maybe the reason the Bush's aren't worried about global warming/climate change, is that they know we're going to get oil shortages before the permanent damage is done."
Well, that appears to be a miscalculation. Apparently, we can have both oil shortages and permanent environmental damage thanks to the republican global warming deniers.
Two articles on reaching the "tipping point". First, NYTimes recaps the report the Independent published a week ago.
And second, an article from a month ago from BBC:
Oh, my.
Well, that appears to be a miscalculation. Apparently, we can have both oil shortages and permanent environmental damage thanks to the republican global warming deniers.
Two articles on reaching the "tipping point". First, NYTimes recaps the report the Independent published a week ago.
The floating cap of sea ice on the Arctic Ocean shrank this summer to what is probably its smallest size in at least a century of record keeping, continuing a trend toward less summer ice, a team of climate experts reported yesterday. .......
"Feedbacks in the system are starting to take hold," Dr. Scambos said.
And second, an article from a month ago from BBC:
The world's largest frozen peat bog is melting, which could speed the rate of global warming, New Scientist reports.
Oh, my.
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