Friday, August 23, 2013

5 Terrifying Statements in the Leaked Climate Report

In the long run, global sea level rise could easily exceed 5 meters. (Credit: Brendan Howard/Shutterstock)
Climate Desk has obtained a leaked copy of the draft Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2013 Summary for Policymakers report, which other media outlets are also reporting on.  The document is dated June 7, 2013.  We recognize ... that this document is not final and is in fact certain to change.

Most media outlets are focusing on the document's conclusion that it is now "extremely likely"—or, 95 percent certain—that humans are behind much of the global warming seen over the last six decades.  But there is much more of note about the document—for instance, the way it doesn't hold back.  It says, very bluntly, just how bad global warming is going to be.

5 Terrifying Statements in the Leaked Climate Report

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