Originally posted by Alliance
Yeah, well the scary part is we don't know if the Earth can handle it?Or, more likely, we don't know if humans can handle it.
both have handled more severe changes throughout history...the only question the governments are asking is can the economy handle it...clearly the answer is no
"WASHINGTON (AP) -- Human-caused global warming is here -- visible in the air, water and melting ice -- and is destined to get much worse in the future, an authoritative global scientific report will warn next week.
"The smoking gun is definitely lying on the table as we speak," said top U.S. climate scientist Jerry Mahlman, who reviewed all 1,600 pages of the first segment of a giant four-part report. "The evidence ... is compelling."
Andrew Weaver, a Canadian climate scientist and study co-author, went even further: "This isn't a smoking gun; climate is a batallion of intergalactic smoking missiles."
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Full article here
The study was done by over 600 scientists, peer-reviewed by 600 more and edited by heads of state from 154 nations.
This is the real deal and the most comprehensive study to date.