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Wednesday, February 22, 2006
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The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the gas is mainly responsible for global warming, is at present 27 per cent higher than any point in the past 650,000 years, according to research conducted by drilling into the Antarctic ice sheet.
The study, said conclusive evidence of the interference of human activities on the Earth's climate system, and was one of the original papers of a conference on global warming is taking place in Montreal, Canada.
Scientists have said that progress in policy to curb the problem have been "miserably poor" as to what is necessary to prevent long-term damage to the planet's climate system.
AyudasEnergia.com seeks to highlight the interesting interview of the prestigious U.S. newspaper Wall Street Journal Nobel prize winner, Schelling. In this interview he explains why global warming is becoming a big threat and terrorism becomes secondary.
Wall Street Journal (WSJ): in the larger case of terrorism, we are dealing with an enemy that does not seem to be guided by a sense of self preservation we are used by an enemy.
Schelling: It is important for potential victims to recognize that with the exception of the Twin Towers in New York, terrorism is a problem almost minuscule. John Mueller of Ohio State University, estimates that the number of people who die from terrorist attacks is less than the number of people dying in the bathtub. In the Twin Towers lost about 3000 people, equivalent to about three weeks from a fatal crash in the U.S.
WSJ: So what are the major global issues that must be attacked?
Schelling: a big problem will climate change. We will spend much time trying to figure out what to do about it.
WSJ, but also said he does not expect global warming to severely affect the economies, because agriculture is a very small part of our economy.
Schelling, is a severe threat to developing countries. In many countries, half the people depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. In our country, agriculture has lost so much importance that the census has stopped counting the peasants.
WSJ: So, why is such a threat?
Schelling: if U.S. not worried about environmental damage, species extinction and the like, if you do not care what happens in Indonesia or Brazil, if you think that air conditioning will solve climate problems, then I would say that except for a couple of exceptions has nothing to fear. One exception is that there is a block of ice in Antarctica. Is subject of several islands, but the heating of water can make it slide into the ocean. It is estimated that sea level would rise by about 6 meters. That would mean you could go to the White House to Capitol Hill by boat. It would be a great catastrophe.
For clarification of this interview, from AyudasEnergia.com Debebe added that globally around the world, the most extreme scenarios, the warming could raise sea levels and inundate coastal cities, causing floods, droughts and storms tremendous setting the world face the reality of tens of millions of " climate refugees "to attend, as we have seen this year castástrofes full of natural, but unusual for its large number and atrocious effects - tropical storms in the Mediterranean, tornados in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bthe Canary Islands and charged a large number of lives depending on the development of the affected area -
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