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Canada Warming Twice as Fast as the Rest of the World, Report Says (bbc.com)

Posted by msmash on from the more-evidence dept.

Canada is warming on average at a rate twice as fast as the rest of the world, a new scientific report indicates. From a report: The federal government climate report also warns that changes are already evident in many parts of the country and are projected to intensify. Canada's Arctic has seen the deepest impact and will continue to warm at more than double the global rate. The report suggests that many of the effects already seen are probably irreversible. Canada's annual average temperature has increased by an estimated 1.7C (3F) since 1948, when nationwide temperatures were first recorded. The largest temperature increases have been seen in the North, the Prairies, and in northern British Columbia. Annual average temperature in northern Canada increased by approximately 2.3C.

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  1. No it isn't by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    * Canada is not warming at all.
    * If it is warming, it's not rising faster than the rest of the world.
    * It if it rising faster than the rest of the world, it's not human-created
    * If it is human created, it's not a significant change anyway.
    * profit!

    1. Re:No it isn't by FFOMelchior · · Score: 3, Insightful

      You forgot...
      * If it is human created, it's too late to stop it now anyway.
      * If it's not too late to stop it, why should we be the ones to stop our pollution when country X is polluting too!