After a marathon negotiating session the latest IPCC report on the effects of climate change is out. As Grist puts it, the "bad bits" of climate change will far outnumber the "good bits". I've posted some of the reports key findings here. To sum up, unless we get smarter about our energy production quick, the consiquinces will be horrific for wildlife, ecosystems and people.
As the Christian Science Monitor reports:
Global warming will affect societies around the world through more prolonged droughts, more intense rains and flooding, changes in the timing of seasonal rainfall and snowmelt, and a projected increase in the spread of animal- and insect-borne diseases, scientists say.
See full Press Release.
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