Not exact matches
But as Media Matters for America noted when Stossel previously downplayed the threat posed by global warming, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) concluded in 2001 that» [r] ecent regional
changes in climate, particularly increases in temperature, have already affected
hydrological systems and
terrestrial and marine ecosystems in many parts of the world.»
When done so, proxy records and climate models indicate that the response to past global warming was profound, with evidence for global reorganisation of the
hydrological cycle and profound local increases and decreases in rainfall; combined with elevated temperatures and
terrestrial vegetation
change, this appears to often result in warming - enhanced soil organic matter oxidation, chemical weathering and nutrient cycling.