Sunday, January 30, 2005
Climate change 'disaster by 2026'
Dangerous levels of climate change could be reached in just over 20 years if nothing is done to stop global warming, a WWF study has warned.
At current rates, the earth will be 2C above pre-industrial levels some time between 2026 and 2060, says the report by Dr Mark New of Oxford University. Temperatures in the Arctic could rise by three times this amount, it says.
It would lead to a loss of summer sea ice and tundra vegetation, with polar bears and other animals dying out. "Polar bears will be consigned to history, something that our grandchildren can only read about in books"--- Dr Catarina Cardoso
It would also mean a fundamental change in the ways Inuit and other Arctic residents live...
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At current rates, the earth will be 2C above pre-industrial levels some time between 2026 and 2060, says the report by Dr Mark New of Oxford University. Temperatures in the Arctic could rise by three times this amount, it says.
It would lead to a loss of summer sea ice and tundra vegetation, with polar bears and other animals dying out. "Polar bears will be consigned to history, something that our grandchildren can only read about in books"--- Dr Catarina Cardoso
It would also mean a fundamental change in the ways Inuit and other Arctic residents live...
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