Posted on 02/27/2008 4:40:57 PM PST by blam
Global warming twice as lethal as previously assumed
27 February 2008
From New Scientist Print Edition.
Increased air pollution could make global warming an even bigger killer.
A new study reveals that air pollution associated with elevated carbon dioxide levels is already responsible for around 22,000 deaths every year. When these are added to casualties from extreme weather events, it doubles the number of fatalities that can be linked to global warming.
Mark Jacobson at Stanford University in California modelled the effect of CO2 levels on air pollution and estimated the resulting impact on people's health. A rise in CO2 increases the temperature and water vapour content of the atmosphere, which in turn accelerate ozone production and encourage particulates to hang around in the air. "Increased ozone causes respiratory illnesses, while particulate matter causes cardiovascular disease," he says.
Jacobson's model shows that for every 1 °C rise in temperature in the US, there are 1000 additional air pollution-related deaths (Geophysical Research Letters, DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031101). Globally, he estimates that CO2-related air pollution is causing 21,600 extra deaths per year on average.
Global temperatures have risen by 0.8 °C since the industrial revolution, and with CO2 emissions accelerating, the problem will get worse, says Jacobson.
(Excerpt) Read more at environment.newscientist.com ...
Global Warming Twice As Lethal As Previously Assumed and we’re
all gonna die real soon!
barf barf barf!!!
The sky is falling, the sky is falling!
So exactly what is nothing times two?
Aieeeeeee, run for your lives . . .
Why didn’t they print this in the LA Times so we can smell the pollution ?
Why didn’t they print this in the LA Times so we can smell the pollution ?
If this winter didn’t shut these idgits up, nothing wil..
“World Temperatures according to the Hadley Center for Climate Prediction. Note the steep drop over the last year.Twelve-month long drop in world temperatures wipes out a century of warming.....”
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Well that’s funny news considering yesterday’s report that global temps have fallen dramatically in the past 12 months.
Why not just say it a million times as lethal if you believe the global warming myth is actually true. It just gets colder every year and more snow falls, in fact it is getting colder, but the global freaks won’t wake up till the glaciar is being shoved down their throats.
The trouble with all of these doomsday studies is that they are all based on what could happen IF the earth warms by X degrees. They also ignore the fact that humans can always (if given incentive) make the best of things. But it all comes back to the big IF and, in reality, it either won’t or it’ll be beyond human control anyway.
{Two times BARF} = {BARF BARF}
Translation:
The heat of the meat is directly proportional to the angle of the dangle.
That would not explain why the 60s are the new 40s.
Author must not have gone to the last meeting.
Should read :
Climate Change is Twice as...
On fox news’ Special Report, Brit Hume reported that because the global ice caps are growing so rapidly, some scientists are afraid global cooling may prevent a danger unless solar flares increase.......
and the weather one year from today will be....
Global warming killed my dog.
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