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Suman  		What is the way out of global warming?

 
 
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Sakshi

Global warming is the increase in the average measured temperature of the Earth`s near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century, and its projected continuation.

The average global air temperature near the Earth`s surface increased 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) during the 100 years ending in 2005.[1] The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes "most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-twentieth century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic (man-made) greenhouse gas concentrations"[1] via an enhanced greenhouse effect. Natural phenomena such as solar variation combined with volcanoes probably had a small warming effect from pre-industrial times to 1950 and a small cooling effect from 1950 onward.[2][3]

These basic conclusions have been endorsed by at least 30 scientific societies and academies of science,[4] including all of the national academies of science of the major industrialized countries.[5][6][7] While individual scientists have voiced disagreement with some findings of the IPCC,[8] the overwhelming majority of scientists working on climate change agree with the IPCC`s main conclusions.[9][10]

Climate model projections summarized by the IPCC indicate that average global surface temperature will likely rise a further 1.1 to 6.4 °C (2.0 to 11.5 °F) during the twenty-first century.[1] This range of values results from the use of differing scenarios of future greenhouse gas emissions as well as models with differing climate sensitivity. Although most studies focus on the period up to 2100, warming and sea level rise are expected to continue for more than a thousand years even if greenhouse gas levels are stabilized. The delay in reaching equilibrium is a result of the large heat capacity of the oceans.[1]

Increasing global temperature is expected to cause sea levels to rise, an increase in the intensity of extreme weather events, and significant changes to the amount and pattern of precipitation, likely leading to an expanse of tropical areas and increased pace of desertification. Other expected effects of global warming include changes in agricultural yields, modifications of trade routes, glacier retreat, species extinctions and increases in the ranges of disease vectors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming
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Global Warming & The Way Out

A Free Public Talk on Climate Change
presented by Dr Dana Murty
Dr Dana Murty will present an overview of the current global climate change situation, by means of a slide presentation, and with an emphasis on Australia, and on what each of us can do to help alleviate this global climate crisis. The presentation will cover the current and predicted climate change situation and the main causes of this change, followed by the current strategy to alleviate it, and by the environmentally sustainable way of life, the Middle Way. It will conclude with an ecological parable "The Tragedy of the Commons" and open discussion.

Location: Buddhist Library and Meditation Centre, 90 Church St, Camperdown.
Date: Friday, 13th April 2007.
Time: 6:30 for 7pm Start
Cost: Free, with Donations going towards the Library`s Cambodia Education Project

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A Bit about the Speaker: Dr Danuse Murty will present an overview of the current global climate change situation, by means of a slide presentation, and with an emphasis on Australia, and on what each of us can do to help alleviate this global climate crisis. The presentation will cover the current and predicted climate change situation and the main causes of this change, followed by the current strategy to alleviate it, and by the environmentally sustainable way of life, the Middle Way. It will conclude with an ecological parable "The Tragedy of the Commons" and open discussion.

Danuse had worked on the Global Climate Change related issues at the School of Biology, University of NSW, from 1991 until 2002. Her PhD and postdoctoral research formed a part of the UNSW-CSIRO Forest Ecosystem Modeling project. This research project contributed to the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), and it was supported by the National Greenhouse Advisory Committee and the Australian Research Council. 


michael

Net Surfing! It`s really cool place to do away with all the warming! There are lot of(I mean plenty of) exceptional sites which you should not visit or else temperatures will be running in millions of degree-celcius. Just smile and enjoy your time!
Cheetu

C as d problem is GLOBAL WARMING so it does not mean that it is not my problem or it is your problem as every one lives on earth so this problem should be considered seriously. Seminar explaining about what is global warming and its effect and what we can do to overcome this problem should be conducted in heavy masses because this is a high time n we all should wake up to protect our mother earth.. Minute minute things should be explained to people. alternate technology should be introduced as we can use e-bike(battery bike) for short distance which is economical and environment friendly... Start of everything big should begin with small things... Be educated n make others educated ....
harshad

If global warming is a fact, how do you explain these? Scientist: Forget Global Warming, Prepare for New Ice Age "This is the fastest temperature change in the instrumental record, and it puts us back to where we were in 1930," Chapman wrote in The Australian Wednesday. "If the temperature does not soon recover, we will have to conclude that global warming is over." http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352241,00.html Forget global warming: Welcome to the new Ice Age Snow cover over North America and much of Siberia, Mongolia and China is greater than at any time since 1966. The U.S. National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) reported that many American cities and towns suffered record cold temperatures in January and early February. According to the NCDC, the average temperature in January "was -0.3 F cooler than the 1901-2000 (20th century) average." China is surviving its most brutal winter in a century. Temperatures in the normally balmy south were so low for so long that some middle-sized cities went days and even weeks without electricity because once power lines had toppled it was too cold or too icy to repair them. There have been so many snow and ice storms in Ontario and Quebec in the past two months that the real estate market has felt the pinch as home buyers have stayed home rather than venturing out looking for new houses. http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=332289 The scare about global cooling was always the same: unprecedented low temperatures; the coldest weather recorded; unusual floods and storms; a rapid shift in the world`s climate towards an icy apocalypse. But now, the scare is about global warming. To convert from the first scare to the second, all you have to do is substitute "the coldest weather recorded" with "the warmest weather recorded". Replace the icicles hanging from oranges in California with melting glaciers on Mt Everest, and the shivering armadillos with sweltering polar bears. We were going to freeze but now we are going to fry. Even the White House is making cautionary sounds about warming. What facts have emerged to make this dramatic reversal? Well, none really. The most reliable measurements show no change whatsoever in global temperatures in the past 20 years. What has changed is the perception that global warming makes a better scare than the coming ice age. A good environmental scare needs two ingredients. The first is impending catastrophe. The second is a suitable culprit to blame. In the second case, the ice age fails and global warming is gloriously successful. http://www.ourcivilisation.com/aginatur/iceage.htm
Siva

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED TO GET RID OF GLOBAL WARMING --------------------------------------------------- 1)plant more plants AS they kill temperature 2)avoid realizing of harmful chemicals like methane ..etc into the air. 3)reduction of usage of plastic as the fresh water levels on earth r getting reused. following the steps helps in eradicating gw
praneeth
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