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Originally Posted by christy
John Christy, an IPCC author, who is skeptical of the more alarmist predictions about global warming, says:
"Scientists are mere mortals…. Our cousins in the ... weather prediction business learned this ... because they were held accountable for their predictions every day. Answering the question about how much warming has occurred because of increases in greenhouse gases and what we may expect in the future still holds enormous uncertainty.
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in other words, computer models aren't so accurate.
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Originally Posted by boer
"Everyone will feel its effects, [said Yvo de Boer, director of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change] but global warming will hit the poorest countries hardest and will 'threaten the very survival' of some people, he said. 'Failing to recognize the urgency of this message and act on it would be nothing less than criminally irresponsible' and a direct attack on the world's poorest people, de Boer said."
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evil Global Warming, only targeting poor people. Must be a Republican Global Warming. Just in case you were thinking this was a scientific study, not a political one.
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Originally Posted by study
The three IPCC reports issued earlier this year predicted that by 2100, global average surface temperatures could rise by between 1.1 C (1.98 F) and 6.4 C (11.52 F) compared to 1980-99 levels.
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well that's accurate. Hell, I could've told you that. Hey, I'll raise it to 9.3 C. See? Doesn't matter.
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Originally Posted by study
Sea levels would rise by between 18 and 59 centimetres (7.2 and 23.2 inches), driven mainly by thermal expansion of the oceans, as water warms, its volume expands.
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wait, warm water? I thought all the glaciers were going to raise the oceans 20 feet?
same ol', same ol'.