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More Bad News About Global Warming

Posted by Hemos on from the the-worst-is-yet-to-come? dept.

IZ Reloaded writes "A UK govt report says that greenhouse gases may have more serious impacts that previously thought. Greenhouse gases it says, is causing global warming at a rate that is unsustainable. From BBC: The European Union has adopted a target of preventing a rise in global average temperature of more than two Celsius. That, according to the report, might be too high, with two degrees being enough to trigger melting of the Greenland ice sheet.... A rise of two Celsius, researchers conclude, will be enough to cause: * Decreasing crop yields in the developing and developed world * Tripling of poor harvests in Europe and Russia * Large-scale displacement of people in north Africa from desertification * Up to 2.8bn people at risk of water shortage * 97% loss of coral reefs * Total loss of summer Arctic sea ice causing extinction of the polar bear and the walrus * Spread of malaria in Africa and north America"

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  1. Can't Hear You by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    La La La La LA!!!!

    Can't hear you! Not happening! No consensus!

    Love,
    George

    [George W. Bush appears by kind co-operation of Exxon, Inc]

    1. Re:Can't Hear You by gowen · · Score: 5, Funny
      Something tells me that increased solar activity has more to do with global warming.
      Something may well tell you that. But it isn't science.
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      Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.
  2. Yes Yes by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    All those problems, but whats on the mind of most people here is - will it affect my WoW ping times?

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    liqbase :: faster than paper
  3. The sky, the sky! by TFGeditor · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, Chicken Little, the sky is not falling. That's just rain falling on your head. Acid rain, maybe, but rain just the same.

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    Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever.
  4. Re:Wake up Americans by TFGeditor · · Score: 5, Funny

    "You have no right to damage the Earth! It's not yours."

    [joke]

    The hell it isn't. We paid for it.

    [joke]

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    Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever.
  5. Re:I've heard worse by sehryan · · Score: 4, Funny

    No doubt. The penguin population would explode in such a situation. And believe me, the last thing this world needs is more penguins!

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    The world moves for love. It kneels before it in awe.
  6. Re:Wake up Americans by caffeination · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh no! You didn't close the [joke] tag properly! Everything you've said or typed since you wrote this post has been a joke!
      Close it quick!

  7. Re:Sounds inevitable then by Scrameustache · · Score: 4, Funny

    How much do you we all know about climatology?

    About as much as you we grammar about do...

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    You can't take the sky from me...

  8. Re:PARENT IS NOT FLAMEBAIT by bradkittenbrink · · Score: 3, Funny

    If there's one thing I've learned, it's that the only way to fight flamebait is with MORE flamebait.