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Effects of climate change tallied up

Increased drought, flood and disease ‘will hit poorest hardest’.

Climate change is very likely having an impact now on our planet and its life, according to the latest instalment of a report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). And the future problems caused by rising seas, growing deserts and more frequent droughts, all look set to affect the developing world more than rich countries, they add.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on April 6, 2007 09:00 AM |

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Beginning about the same time as the industrial revolution, settlers in North America were vigorously cutting down forests, ploughing up prairies and draining swamps. All these activities sped up the release of greenhouse gasses from natural carbon reserves. For example, natural prairies have a substantial layer of old plant matter slowly decaying over several years, while annual plowing turns that matter into the soil where it decays quickly. Has this been factored into estimates of the effect of human activity on the level of greenhouse gasses?

Posted by: Richard KeslerWest | April 6, 2007 10:06 PM

thanks for your informations.very good informations..i will read all the time this blog.again thanks...

Posted by: evden eve nakliyat | April 7, 2007 12:36 PM

Hi,
Climate change is in deed a fact, for what reason is a matter of discussion. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has made at lest a report. The intensity of the sun will increase thus its danger; Skin cancer will become a major disease especially in the western world. Governments should react in that research into treatment should be funded and coordinated. Many promising approaches can be addressed; antibody treatment, Interleukin-12, new generation radiotherapy. We must prepare ourselves.
Dr Terence Hale

Posted by: Terence Hale | April 7, 2007 01:54 PM

thank you veryy veryy much nice wan clor spedyy veryy veryy nıce much...

Posted by: patent | April 7, 2007 04:55 PM

300 parts of CO2 per million of the rest or 0.03%. The laws of thermodynamics say impossible.

Posted by: A. Novak | April 7, 2007 05:30 PM

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