- The world's oceans have
risen by about an inch and a half.
- Droughts and wildfires
have turned more severe worldwide, from the U.S. West to Australia to the
Sahel desert of North Africa.
- Species now in trouble
because of changing climate include, not just the lumbering polar bear
which has become a symbol of global warming, but also fragile butterflies,
colorful frogs and entire stands of North American pine forests.
- Temperatures over the past
12 years are 0.4 of a degree warmer than the dozen years leading up to
1997.
The
primary culprit here, at least according to the article, is the increase of
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Since December 1997, when the Kyoto agreement
was signed, the “level of carbon dioxide in the air has increased 6.5 percent.”
Plus, since that time, the overall amount of emissions of CO2 has shot up by 31
percent.
The
Senate debate on the “climate bill” was just announced by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
to be delayed until at least next spring – taking a backseat
to health care.
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