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Links to stop global warming
Updated on Jan 11, 15
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It is not only natural habitats and future generations that are threatened by the thawing of the permafrost. People in the here and now are affected, as well. Sediments from a huge thermokarstic area have, for example, dammed the Selawik River in north-western Alaska, interfering with fish and threatening the livelihood of nearby villages. Elsewhere in the state, a combination of melting sea ice and thawing permafrost has exacerbated the erosion of several coastal villages, which will have to be relocated at a considerable cost
What is the biggest obstacle to stopping global warming?
VANDENBERGH: Two things. First is the belief that there is uncertainty about some aspects of the science, so we should not act. The second is the belief that acting requires increasing the role of government in ways that are worse than the harms of climate change.
VANDENBERGH: Two things. First is the belief that there is uncertainty about some aspects of the science, so we should not act. The second is the belief that acting requires increasing the role of government in ways that are worse than the harms of climate change.
EBNER: I point to the fact that no one disputes the fact that the current atmospheric carbon dioxide levels of approximately 380 parts per million are far above the average measured from ice samples over the last 600,000 years. This includes the ups and downs of at least five ice ages. Yet current greenhouse gas levels are far above any prior level, and predicted to go higher. Even so, as long as water comes out of the faucet and the lights switch on, global warming remains too gradual to generate a sense of urgency about a warming planet in most people.
27 items | 1 visits
Links to stop global warming
Updated on Jan 11, 15
Created on Apr 07, 09
Category: Schools & Education
URL: