alarming
"James Hansen told Congress on Monday that the world has long passed the "dangerous level" for greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and needs to get back to 1988 levels. He said Earth's atmosphere can only stay this loaded with man-made carbon dioxide for a couple more decades without changes such as mass extinction, ecosystem collapse and dramatic sea level rises."
""The thing that I think is most important is to block coal-fired power plants," Hansen told the luncheon. "I'm not yet at the point of chaining myself but we somehow have to draw attention to this.""
"Hansen, echoing work by other scientists, said that in five to 10 years, the Arctic will be free of sea ice in the summer."
-from today's article in the Associated Press.
""The thing that I think is most important is to block coal-fired power plants," Hansen told the luncheon. "I'm not yet at the point of chaining myself but we somehow have to draw attention to this.""
"Hansen, echoing work by other scientists, said that in five to 10 years, the Arctic will be free of sea ice in the summer."
-from today's article in the Associated Press.