People are well known for their lazy attitude towards reality. We will reap the whirlwind for putting our own interests (and comforts) ahead of the planet's. It was always a stupid, self-reinforcing psychology.
CHICAGO (AFP) –
It seems the dire warnings about the oncoming devastation wrought by global warming were not dire enough, a top climate scientist warned Saturday.
It has been just over a year since the Nobel-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a landmark report warning of rising sea levels, expanding deserts, more intense storms and the extinction of up to 30 percent of plant and animal species.
But recent climate studies suggest that report significantly underestimates the potential severity of global warming over the next 100 years, a senior member of the panel warned.
"We now have data showing that from 2000 to 2007, greenhouse gas emissions increased far more rapidly than we expected," said Chris Field, who was a coordinating lead author of the report.
That could raise temperatures even more and create "a vicious cycle that could spiral out of control by the end of the century."
The amount of carbon that could be released is staggering.
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