latimes.com - 12/26/2008
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Reporting from Washington -- The United States faces the possibility of much more rapid climate change by the end of the century than previous studies have suggested, according to a report led by the U.S. Geological Survey. The study, which was commissioned by the U.S. Climate Change Science ...
independent.co.uk - 1/2/2009
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independent.co.uk —
An emergency "Plan B" using the latest technology
is needed to save the world from dangerous climate...
change, according to a poll of leading scientists carried out by The Independent . The collective international failure to curb the growing emissions ...
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Climate scientists: it's time for 'Plan B' ...
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Climate change report forecasts global sea levels to rise up to 4 feet by 2100.
Think Progress —
... According to a new report led by the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. “faces the possibility of much more rapid climate change by the end of the century than previous studies have suggested.” The report, commissioned by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, found that global sea levels could ...
Climahysteric Hysteria: 4 Foot Sea Rise
Pirate's Cove —
... The United States faces the possibility of much more rapid climate change by the end of the century than previous studies have suggested, according to a report led by the U.S. Geological Survey. ...
Climahysteric Hysteria: 4 Foot Sea Rise
Stop The ACLU —
Here we go with the year 2100 predictions again, folks The United States faces the possibility of much more rapid climate change by the end of the century than previous studies have suggested, according to a report led by the U.S. Geological Survey. The study, which was commissioned by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and issued this month, expands on the 2007 findings of the United Nations Intergovernment Panel on Climate Change. Looking at factors such as rapid sea ice loss in the Arctic and prolonged drought in the Southwest, the new assessment suggests that earlier ...
A Rising Tide
Matthew Yglesias —
... Ben Armbruster, the US Geological Survey says previous reports may have been too optimistic about the likely rise in sea levels facing the United States: ...
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