Scientists Say: Climate Changes “Worse than Thought”
In London, England, the threat of climate change might be a lot worse than everyone first thought. Scientists have recently reported changes in global warming, and it is advancing to melt ice caps.
The UK government- commission report found evidence that says scientists now have “greater clarity and reduced uncertainty” about the problematic impacts of a change in climate. This evidence was presented at a Meteorological Office conference on climate change last year. Tony Blair, in the meeting, stated that it was clear that “risks of climate change may be greater than we thought”. He went on to write: “It is now plain that the emission of greenhouse gases, associated with industrialization and economic growth from a world population that has increased six-fold in 200 years, is causing global warming at a rate that is unsustainable”.
“Temperatures rose by about 1 degree Fahrenheit (0.6 degrees Celsius) during the 20th century. Computer modeling predicts increases of between 2.5 degrees and 10.4 degrees Fahrenheit (1.4 degrees and 5.8 degrees Celsius) by the year 2100, depending on how much is done to limit greenhouse gas emissions” the U.N. backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change claimed. These scientists expected that global warming will intensify storms, raise ocean levels, shift climate zones, and spread disease. Scientists are also concerned about the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets melting and the Gulf Stream shutting down. These are known to the scientists as climatic “tipping points”.
Other problems have also occurred, one British report warned that the huge west Antarctic ice sheet may be starting to disintegrate, an event that could raise sea levels by 16 feet! Clearly, there is a real concern amongst a growing number of scientists worldwide!
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January 31st, 2006 at 9:26 pm
Ryan youre news is very well written. I would like to here more about this.
February 2nd, 2006 at 1:41 pm
Great job Ryan! It was very informational and well written. (like kosta said)”awesome paragraph dude.”
February 2nd, 2006 at 1:51 pm
Would they have to stop making greenhouse gases. Awesome newsbreak.
February 2nd, 2006 at 3:58 pm
Ryan you did a great job writting your post. I also liked your picture of the iceburg.
February 2nd, 2006 at 5:58 pm
Ryan, I really like your newsbreak. Mrs. Ekstrom would be proud of all the work. I also really like your picture of the iceburg. Keep up the good work!
February 2nd, 2006 at 6:54 pm
That was a very fascinating topic to pick for Newsbreak 2.
You found a great picture on an iceberg. I like how you
were descriptive and you used a golden brick. Nice job!!!
February 3rd, 2006 at 12:08 am
Ryan, global warming is certainly an important topic for us to consider and not only learn about, but consider how we can respond in our own lives. The August 2005 National Geographic article “In Hot Water” about hurricanes in 2004 was really thought provoking for me on this topic. I also listened to a great podcast this week by Dr David Orr who spoke at the University of British Columbia. He was encouraging everyone in education to be more environmentally informed, and for that information to affect people’s behavior. Here in Texas, we have not even had a winter this year, and I wonder if the reason is global warming? Hard to tell. Thanks for your well researched post. One small tip: you might consider using the blockquote tag when you have long quotations. That helps set apart the quoted material even better. Some writing style guides suggest you use block quoting when you have a quotation that is longer than 3 lines. Use of blockquotes is pretty common among bloggers like us.
February 17th, 2006 at 3:31 pm
Ryan, I Think You Did An Awesome Job. However I Think You Should Try Making It A Little More Exciting, Ya Know?