Sentences with phrase «known consequence of global warming»

We don't know the consequences of global warming in detail, but we do know that a warmer world will release a lot of carbon into the atmosphere that is currently tied up in peat moss.

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Because our knowledge of the many delicate balances in the ecology of the planet is still in its infancy, and because what is known is not widely understood, the consequences of what the human race is (in its ignorance) doing to the earth may turn out to be even more serious than global warming.
Walt, if you've ever studied Pleistocene geology and the million year history of glacial advances and interglacial warming cycles you would know human - induced global warming and climate changes are the dominant cause of current and future catastrophic consequences.
I don't know if it's fair to say there's been an acceleration detected in the rate of warming (relative to the early part of the 20th century), but certainly the situation is very different from 20 years ago when one would have been hard pressed to point to any consequences that were conceivably linkable to global warming.
Fourth, although global warming and climate disruption are the best - known consequences of carbon pollution, they're not the only ones people should worry about.
Even though the Kremlin - financed media spreads propaganda about the CRU scientists, the Russians do want to know about climate change so they can anticipate how to mitigate the consequences of global warming and protect their gas and oil infrastructure.
We know that the consequences of unchecked global warming would be catastrophic... We as a human species have a deep and abiding obligation to this planet and to the generations that will come after us.
We want to know is what happened last year in the Arctic a consequence of global warming, or is it just a freak year?
This is not to say that there will be no negative consequences from global warming, it is to say that those consequences are no where near as bad as ANY of the proposed «cures».
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