Humans blamed for climate change - Official UN Report

[Gamergod]

Its official, humans are very likely to have cause global warming. Not sure if this particualr report has been posted. Don't forget to read the report in pdf format below. As usual George Bush denies humans have had any impact. [no]

http://environment.guardian.co.uk/cl...004550,00.html

Global warming is "very likely" to have been caused by human activity, the most authoritative global scientific body studying climate change said in a report today.The likelihood that the phenomenon has been created by the burning of fossil fuels and other actions is greater than 90%, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded in its fourth report.
In 2001, the body - which brings together 2,500 scientists from more than 30 countries - said global warming was only "likely", or 66% probable, to have been caused by humans.

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The study said global warming is an "unequivocal" fact and likely to continue for centuries, warning of a likely rise in world average temperatures of up to 4C.In comparison, the world is currently around 5C warmer than during the last ice age.
Environmental and science groups said the report meant the main arguments on global warming were now effectively over.
"This day marks the removal from the debate over whether human action has anything to do with climate change," Achim Steiner, the head of the UN environment programme, said.
Stephanie Tunmore, of Greenpeace, said. "If the last IPCC report was a wakeup call, this one is a screaming siren."
The 21-page summary (pdf) of the findings, called Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis, was formally agreed by the IPCC in Paris yesterday and released earlier today.

[SnW]

And they just found out?! pathetic its known for years

O yea i saw it on tele (report) ...

[mrbungle]

Yep it sad.

What happens when you cut down all the trees and burn all the fuel.

[Dutchforce]

And people who claim it is not only us who polute the skies their right.

Vulcanoes and natural events make this happen too, but when we do the same.. it kind of doubles the amount of gasses coming in the atmosphere.

Also what we can control, we should control.. and we can't control nature, which is a good thing in my opinion.

[tahustvedt]

Trees produce CO2 as well whenever there isn't sunlight. Obviously we should do what we can, but the earth is changing and has been changing since it was born. That's no excuse for unnecessary pollution though.


I wonder how much CO2 do I produce by walking to the store compared to driving?

Let's say I walk to the store and back. That's 50 minutes of walking in total. I breathe 20 times each minute and exhale 1 L of air, of which 10% is CO2. These are conservative numbers. That's 100 L of CO2 produced by me just by walking to the store and back (like I did today), or ~200 g.

My car produces ~240 g/km. The walk to the store is 3 km, so 6 km in total. With a weight of 509 L/kg that means I produce ~730 L of CO2 by driving to the store, or 1400 g.

Good thing I walked today. lol

It is clear from this enviromental report that everyone should stop masturbating or any other activity involving heavy breathing.

[zortoflaven]

Now correct me if i'm wrong but isnt the earth still in an Ice Age??

Technically, yes. Ice on earth means Ice Age. There have been periods of 0 ice on earth and those are not ice ages. I did a course on climate change last semester. Got an A- [thumbup]

[Lazerbase]

The really tragic thing about this, is that our governments and individuals are doing **** all.

[Bluffalo]

wouldnt it be nice if polluted air etc stayed within countries borders?

then whatever they did would only affect themselves. not the entire world. then they would learn

[Jaded]

The really tragic thing about this, is that our governments and individuals are doing **** all.

That's not true for everyone, just the majority.

[akinkhoo]

And people who claim it is not only us who polute the skies their right.

Vulcanoes and natural events make this happen too, but when we do the same.. it kind of doubles the amount of gasses coming in the atmosphere.

Also what we can control, we should control.. and we can't control nature, which is a good thing in my opinion.

the gas nature produce are largely degradable and reduces over time. the ones human can and do make; (CFC and such) tend to stay around with lifetime warrenties...

nature is destructive, but it can heal itself. man is destructive, and they can't be bother to clean up after themselve. [rofl]

it's been flooding in malaysia and indonesia, i wondering if nature is to blame or man...