Saturday, June 30, 2012

Heat... Fire... Disaster: What Climate Change Looks Like

June 29, 2012 by Common Dreams 
Western US fires are being driven by extreme temperatures, which are consistent with IPCC projections. Details here.

 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It makes one wonder, how many disasters like this are needed before humankind wakes up to the reality of climate change; that it is caused by us burning too many fossil fuels and that we can therefore actually do something about it?

Amie du Richelieu said...

We can't say they didn't warn us!

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