Scientists from the U.S. EPA and U.S. Climate Change Science Program issued a new report today documenting the effects of global climate change on human health and human systems. It follows close on the heels of another report released earlier this week by EPA scientists on global warming and human health.
"Climate change will affect where people choose to live, work, and play," the 237-page report states. Among the most likely effects will be increased intensity and frequency of precipitation, heat waves, droughts, and tropical storms; more extreme temperatures at both ends of the spectrum; sea-level rise; and increased potential for flooding. The report also provides details about the impacts climate change is expected to have on each region of the country, which the group Resource Media has highlighted and explained.
"In response to these anticipated changes, the United States may develop and deploy strategies for mitigating greenhouse gases and for adapting to unavoidable individual and collective impacts of climate change," the report's authors conclude.
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Delay And Deny Posted 6:07 am
17 Jul 2008
Climate has been "changing" with increasing temperatures for 1.5 Centuries now.
If their projections are correct, one could do a historic correlation showing that each of their claims make have some evidence.
So far, all I hear is a lot of "ifs" and "maybes"...
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GonzoDon Posted 6:58 am
17 Jul 2008
"A record number of babies were born in the USA in 2007, according to early federal data released Wednesday ...
"Demographers have been monitoring gradual increases in recent years; data for 2006, which won't be made final until September, show a 3% increase over 2005. That's the largest single-year increase since 1989.
"I suspect this is the beginning of a new kind of baby boom" says demographer Arthur Nelson of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City."
Here's the other part of this news flash: All 4,315,000 kids born in the US last year will eventually want their own air-conditioning, their own central heating, their own places to live, their own Chilean sea bass flown in from 5,000 miles away, and eventually, of course, their own automobiles.
So please explain to me again how we plan to offset all of that additional greenhouse gas production to support all of that additional consumption. Sigh.
Regardless of our most heroic efforts, we're doomed until we can bring the birth rate back into balance with the death rate. Sad but true.
Grist, when will you add exponential population growth to your list of high-priority topics needing open discussion?
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Delay And Deny Posted 12:12 pm
17 Jul 2008
Kids know what's good for them.
Hot summers and mild winters.
Be fruitful, and multiply, gremlins..
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