Global warming to continue for centuries

NF Reporter · 02-02-2007, 08:51 PM

AP - Global warming is so severe that it will "continue for centuries," leading to a far different planet in 100 years, warned a grim landmark report from the world's leading climate scientists and government officials. Yet, many of the experts are hopeful that nations will now take action to avoid the worst scenarios.

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limainfinita · 02-02-2007, 08:59 PM

I think people dont want to accept the global warming is a real problem.
well is impossible to stop emission right now, that is a fact.
I feel guilty because I think I can do more.
Poor next generation, hope they try to resolve this big problem.

Lygeia · 02-02-2007, 11:28 PM

My 5-year-old son recently asked me, "mommy what is the environment?"
I tried to tell him that recycling bottles, and the bad stuff in the air might mean the polar bears one day wont have a home. It saddens me, but I truly believe while we cannot reverse certain things, we can curtail it and each of one of us can contribute towards the next generation and other generations to follow by being environmentally aware.

limainfinita · 02-03-2007, 11:24 AM

Thanks for your post Lygeia, Happy to read that at least one person know what are we talking about.
Anyway, in the case of your son, we have to wait 10 years to see how nxt teens generation react to this global warming problem.

Good luck

manofgames · 02-04-2007, 06:36 PM

noone will listen till it smacks them in the face though.

look at us, by posting on this forum, by keeping web servers running, we are destroying the planet.

whn will we blame - ourselves
what will we do to stop it - nothing

though according to many scientists, theres no going back now

DeViAnThans3 · 02-06-2007, 02:50 PM

I doubt how countries will stop the global warming. It costs loads of money ... of course, it would be worth it, but still, I am unsure where the governments will get the money from

limainfinita · 02-06-2007, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by manofgames

noone will listen till it smacks them in the face though.

look at us, by posting on this forum, by keeping web servers running, we are destroying the planet.

whn will we blame - ourselves
what will we do to stop it - nothing

though according to many scientists, theres no going back now

What are you talking about?
huge has emission, deforestation, killing fauna, desvasting natura that is the reason about why our world is dying.

Not forums, not web servers

waltky · 09-13-2007, 08:41 PM

Deforestation worse than ever...

Earth's vital signs in bad shape'
September 14, 2007 - MORE wood was removed from forests in 2005 than ever before, one of many troubling environmental signs highlighted today in the Worldwatch Institute's annual check of the planet's health.

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The Washington-based think tank's Vital Signs 2007-2008 report points to global patterns ranging from rising meat consumption to Asian economic growth it said are linked to the broader problem of climate change. "I think climate change is the most urgent challenge we have ever faced," said Erik Assadourian, director of the Vital Signs project.

"You see many trends in climate change, whether we are talking about grain production which is affected by droughts and flooding. Or meat production as livestock production makes up about 20 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions," he said before the report's release. Mr Assadourian said the key message of the report was that unsustainable consumption patterns were responsible for climate change linked to carbon emissions and other ecological woes.

He said of the 44 trends tracked by the report, 28 were "pronouncedly bad" and only six were positive. The trends range from the spread of avian flu to the rise of carbon emissions to the number of violent conflicts. The growing use of wind power is among the few trends seen as positive.

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waltky · 09-23-2007, 07:14 AM

By the end of this century...

Rising Seas Likely to Flood U.S. History
September 22, 2007 - Ultimately, rising seas will likely swamp the first American settlement in Jamestown, Va., as well as the Florida launch pad that sent the first American into orbit, many climate scientists are predicting.

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In about a century, some of the places that make America what it is may be slowly erased. Global warming _ through a combination of melting glaciers, disappearing ice sheets and warmer waters expanding _ is expected to cause oceans to rise by one meter, or about 39 inches. It will happen regardless of any future actions to curb greenhouse gases, several leading scientists say. And it will reshape the nation.

Rising waters will lap at the foundations of old money Wall Street and the new money towers of Silicon Valley. They will swamp the locations of big city airports and major interstate highways. Storm surges worsened by sea level rise will flood the waterfront getaways of rich politicians _ the Bushes' Kennebunkport and John Edwards' place on the Outer Banks. And gone will be many of the beaches in Texas and Florida favored by budget-conscious students on Spring Break.

That's the troubling outlook projected by coastal maps reviewed by The Associated Press. The maps, created by scientists at the University of Arizona, are based on data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Few of the more than two dozen climate experts interviewed disagree with the one-meter projection. Some believe it could happen in 50 years, others say 100, and still others say 150.

Sea level rise is 'the thing that I'm most concerned about as a scientist,' says Benjamin Santer, a climate physicist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. 'We're going to get a meter and there's nothing we can do about it,' said University of Victoria climatologist Andrew Weaver, a lead author of the February report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in Paris. 'It's going to happen no matter what _ the question is when.'

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ponastycha · 09-23-2007, 08:13 AM

If you want to change something - change youreself first! So if we want to stop that global problem, we have to stop polute our atmosphere!!! We can ride bikes or go on foot, if work place is not far from home.

waltky · 09-23-2007, 11:19 AM

Here in America, most people live in the surburban sprawl which is often 10, 15, or 25 miles from the downtown business district.

That is why automobiles are so integral to the American way of life.

Unlike China, Japan or other countries where cities are more compact, a less dense distribution of population makes cycling as a main method of transportation unfeasible.

We do enjoy cycling as a recreation when the weather is clear, but usually it is at parks designated as biking areas or road lanes that will not interfere with normal traffic.

rishi_xrich · 09-25-2007, 02:54 AM

Golbal warming has become the global issue.It is very harmful for the human beings.

waltky · 11-11-2008, 08:18 AM

How high's the water Mama? 5 feet high an' risin'...

Sinking island nation seeks new home
11 Nov.`08 - Newly sworn-in Maldives president vows to buy land to relocate entire nation; Climate change-threatened Indian Ocean islands could sink under rising sea levels; Maldives is considering land in Sri Lanka, India and Australia; Former dissident Mohamed Nasheed won 54 percent of votes in October's vote

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The new president of the Maldives wants to relocate -- his entire country. Mohamed "Anni" Nasheed, a former political prisoner, was sworn in Tuesday after he unseated Asia's longest-serving leader in the country's first multi-party elections two weeks ago. He inherits an island nation with several problems. Foremost among them: The very likely possibility that the Maldives will sink under water if the current pace of climate change keeps raising sea levels.

The Maldives is an archipelago of almost 1,200 coral islands located south-southwest of India. Most of the islands lie just 4.9 feet (1.5 meters) above sea level. The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has forecast a rise in sea levels of at least 7.1 inches (18 cm) by the end of the century. And so the tourist nation, which has white sandy beaches that lure well-heed Westerners, wants to set aside some of the billion dollars a year it receives from tourism and spend that money on buying a new homeland. "We will invest in land," Nasheed said. "We do not want to end up in refugee tents if the worst happens."

The country's capital, Male, is already protected by sea walls, but creating a similar barrier around the rest of the country would cost too much. Nasheed's government has said that it has broached the idea with several countries and found them to be "receptive." Land owned by Sri Lanka and India are possibilities because the countries have similar cultures, cuisine and climate as the Maldives. Australia is also being considered because of the vast unoccupied land it owns.

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