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CO2 at 1000 ppm. This is the Disaster We Face if We Don’t Make Changes

Posted By mike On March 18, 2009 @ 9:59 am In News, Connect the Dots, Small Foot Print, Global Warming | 1 Comment

MIT and the IPCC continue to measure and recalibrate global warming and as many of us have said for years, the rate of increase has been underestimated. There are feedback loops, saturation points, tipping points that will predominantly speed up the warming and the accumulation of greenhouse gases. This is an existential challenge.

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In the last two years, our scientific understanding of business-as-usual projections for global warming has changed dramatically (see “[3] M.I.T. doubles its projection of global warming by 2100 to 5.1�C” and “[4] Hadley Center projects 5-7�C warming by 2100“). Yet, much of the U.S. public — especially conservatives — remain in the dark about just how dire the situation is (see “[5] Gallup poll shows catastrophic failure of media, conservatives still easily duped by deniers“).[6]
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Why? Because the U.S. media is largely ignoring the story. Case in point: Where was the coverage of the Copenhagen Climate Science Congress, attended by 2000 scientists, which concluded with this [9] Key Message #1:

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[2] climateprogress.org: http://climateprogress.org/2009/03/17/media-copenhagen-global-warming-impacts-wo
rst-case-ipcc/
[3] M.I.T. doubles its projection of global warming by 2100 to 5.1�C: http://climateprogress.org/2009/02/23/mit-doubles-global-warming-projections/
[4] Hadley Center projects 5-7�C warming by 2100: http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/21/hadley-study-warns-of-catastrophic-5%c2%b0
c-warming-by-2100-on-current-emissions-path/
[5] Gallup poll shows catastrophic failure of media, conservatives still easily duped by deniers: http://climateprogress.org/2009/03/12/gallup-poll-exaggeration-global-warming-de
niers-media-messaging/
[6] : http://climateprogress.org/2009/03/12/gallup-poll-exaggeration-global-warming-de
niers-media-messaging/
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[8] climateprogress.org: http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/19/nature-publishes-my-climate-analysis-and-s
olution/
[9] Key Message #1: http://climatecongress.ku.dk/newsroom/congress_key_messages/
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