Six Degrees - Our World Plus 3°C
February 3, 2008
Our World Plus 3°C
| ° | Many scientists focus on 3 degrees of warming as the tipping point that will fundamentally change how we live on this planet. |
| ° | In the extreme conditions of a world warmer by 3 degrees, the Amazon rain forest could experience repeated cycles of drought and fire. If we lose much of the Amazon, it could cause the re-release of hundreds of millions of tons of stored carbon, perhaps intensifying global warming another degree all by itself. |
| ° | An increase of 3 degrees Celsius causes the snowcaps on the Alps to all but disappear. |
| ° | The Mediterranean and parts of Europe wither in searing summer heat. |
| ° | As the oceans get hotter and hotter, a new global climate pattern emerges that is unstable in the extreme, perhaps mirroring the weather anomaly we call El Niño. |
| ° | If the planet warms by 3 degrees, the world could see the next generation of superstorms, the first Category 6 hurricanes. |
| ° | Thousands of species worldwide would face extinction. |
Comments (5)
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Posted by Mayra Vera | February 3, 2008 5:19 PM
hahaha thats absolute crap lol
Posted by mystieeeeeeeeeee | February 7, 2008 4:48 AM
Los yanquis are this time telling us el future,better ,you dumbell readers lister attentively for this prediction,1st )throw outa the office your dummy president!
2nd) nkick outa the locos Republicanos 3rd) Huelga nacionale!
Posted by Mariachi | February 15, 2008 12:11 AM
Firstly this is not absolute crap, global warming is real and its happening, and the more people who keep dying it and try to push the topic off, the more worse its going to get. There are proven scientific facts that prove that mass extinition and global warming can in fact actually kill us and our planet, are you going to wait until its too late? Well im certainly not.
Dont you see; they are tying to worn us, many other countries have made efforts to preserve this planet. Its about time we do something about it. I'm only 15 years old and i know more about this. Geeze, people.
Posted by ashley | March 13, 2008 7:34 PM
I agree with Ahsley, GLOBAL WARMING IS REAL AND IT'S HAPPENING!!! We definitely need to do something! I don't know, but do you think that there is something related to Global Warming and the fact that thie Azztecs (or Incas/Mayas, I can't remember) said the world was going to end in 2012? Maybe they weren't so far off the mark!
We need to preserve our planet, and our life! I don't want to be a dinosaur, some extinct race that their bones show us their way of life!
Posted by Callie | April 16, 2008 9:32 PM