This is a report from the US branch of the Nature Conservancy. I have several clients who are active in the Canadian branch, they are well-to-do Conservatives.
What will temperatures be like in your state in 100 years? If current trends continue, chances are they’ll be much hotter than they are today — especially if you live in the American Midwest.
A new analysis of U.S. climate projections from The Nature Conservancy finds that temperatures in the worst-hit states could be up to 10 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than present-day levels by the year 2100.
Kansas, Nebraska and other Great Plains states would be the hardest-hit by climbing temperatures, according to the analysis. But temperatures everywhere could rise by 3 degrees Fahrenheit or more, meaning all of us would feel the heavy impacts of climate change:
* Hot summer temperatures could arrive three weeks earlier and last three weeks longer in the Northeast, with more days averaging above 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
* In the Northwest, higher temperatures could contribute to earlier spring snowmelt, increasing the risk of forest fires and summer drought.
* Water could become more and more scarce in the Southwest as temperatures climb and spring snowmelt declines.
* Rising sea levels and increased storm surges could threaten low-lying coastal areas in the Southeast.
“If current trends continue, the weather and landscapes of the future will be nearly unrecognizable compared to what we are used to,” says Jonathan Hoekstra, director of climate change for The Nature Conservancy.
And these changes would have significant impacts on people, nature and industries across the United States.
“If we don’t take strong action to confront the causes and consequences of climate change, the nation’s natural resources, economic stability and way of life will face serious threats in the coming years,” warns Hoekstra.
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You know I have been watching this post for a long time. At this point does it matter if people disagree on why global warming is occurring? The fact is it is happening. If it is not due to human beings then the debate ends--if global warming is due to human beings--the damage has already been done and there is nothing we can do about it--and the debate ends.
Maybe it is worth talking about things that human beings can actually have a positive affect?
Of course right now--I am not sure what that could be.
Last edited by Yamsailor : 09-07-2009 at 10:15 PM.
well jack the funny thing about Patrick Moore, is green peace thru him out when he changed his views. basicly i think he said after many years of looking at the numbers nuke is best, ie it causes the least damage. i wish i could find the actual quote.
yamsailor, your right if its natural the discussion is over, but where the real problem comes in is. the people pushing green stuff have a vested future, both in money invested and jobs. they can not and will not drop it. if they do accept its natural they will still say we can help stop it, because their lively hood depends on it.
yamsailor, your right if its natural the discussion is over, but where the real problem comes in is. the people pushing green stuff have a vested future, both in money invested and jobs. they can not and will not drop it. if they do accept its natural they will still say we can help stop it, because their lively hood depends on it.
While nature does contribute - so do we. We cannot separate the two. They exacerbate each other. It is not an either / or situation, but more a want can we do - or not so.
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People who say global warming has nothing to do with humans also have a vested interest--their wallet. Most if not all of the people who say humans are not having a significant impact, or any impact for that matter, really care more about their pocket books than the earths well being. Of course that also means they care more about money than they do about peoples health.
Bottom line---people on each side of the debate care more about their pocket books and egos rather than actually caring about their fellow man--sad really.
...but where the real problem comes in is. the people pushing green stuff have a vested future, both in money invested and jobs.
Wait - this is silly. Is this a freakin' conservative argument AGAINST the green whackos? Money and jobs as a lefty vested agenda? Are you serious? Right - let's fight against green technology because those chumps have a vested interest and want to create jobs and money. Whatever.
Rush L. disputes the fact that man causes GW. Why? Is the above his reasoning too?
I'm with Yam. It's happening. Flatworlders can argue 'till they're blue in the face - and really sweaty because of the heat - but the ice is still melting.
It definitely couldn't hurt for everyone to try to quit spewing so much crap into the sky. Really.
Disclaimer - I'm driving my Hummer to work tomorrow with the AC on Blast. You guys are the ones that need to shape up. Not me.
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I do agree with you that humans have an affect on the earth--especially with global climate; however, most of the public attention focuses on the extreme sides of the issue. The conservatives don't want to admit humans have an impact on the earth and therefore there is no reason to spend monetary resources on something humans don't effect; and the liberals are more concerned about convincing others they are right instead of trying to find systemic changes on how we live that are cost-effective (note here I did not say cheap.)
It is a reflection of the times we live in--people are really very greedy in their own ways. Helk, pissing in the lake from which your draw your drinking water and catch your fish doesn't matter because it costs too much to build and operate the treatment plant; and trying to prove to others that pissing in your lake significantly adds toxins to your water and fish is more important than actually providing people with a safe place to piss somewhere.
We as a society have become so interested in ourselves that we have lost our ability to build a productive and healthy future.
BTW--I happen to agree with alot of what Thomas Friedman wrote in his book about the earth being Hot, Flat and Crowded.
They're thinking that global warming is going to cause N. American cooling.
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Global warming could actually chill down North America within just a few decades, according to a new study that says a sudden cooling event gripped the region about 8,300 years ago.
Seems that that the climate change guys have their bases pretty well covered. If it warms here, it's because of warming. If it cools here, it's because of warming.
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so what if it is? what are you gonna do? i suggest shoving a catalytic converter up your ass, therefore reducing emissions that much more. in fact, we can shove them up every living beings ass and that will greatly reduce pollutants being released into the atmosphere....
nothing we do is gonna stop a natural cycle, no matter how great we think mankind and our technology is....
is man causing global warming? who really knows. i think we need to look at this in a more positive manner. rising sea levels mean deeper channels, meaning less dredging, meaning less emissions, meaning a reduction in the warming process, right?....
Seems that that the climate change guys have their bases pretty well covered. If it warms here, it's because of warming. If it cools here, it's because of warming.
Just proves it is a racket.
What a bunch of F**k**g A**h***s.
Yes, that is how I feel about it all.
Just want to scream.........and yell and hit and kick and bite and .........shoot.
