James Hanson

Sorry to Say: We Are Bascially Screwed

Dr. James Hansen,
preeminent climate researcher, told the world today that scientists
have grossly underestimated the severity of the effects of carbon
dioxide emissions.

The European Union (EU) has set the boldest CO2 reduction plans in
the world with a target cap of 550 parts per million (ppm) CO2. Today,
James Hansen of NASA told the EU that much deeper cuts to 350 ppm CO2
would be required to stabilize the climate at near present conditions.Hansen
based the target of 350 ppm on recent paleoclimate research which has
showed that earth's climate is much more sensitive to CO2 increases
than was previously recognized.

"If you leave us at 450ppm for long enough it will probably melt all
the ice - that's a sea rise of 75 metres. What we have found is that
the target we have all been aiming for is a disaster - a guaranteed
disaster," Hansen told the Guardian.

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