[PCA] NEWS: Scientists: Pace of Climate Change Exceeds Estimates

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Sun Feb 15 14:16:20 CST 2009


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/14/AR2009021401757.html?hpid=topnews

Scientists: Pace of Climate Change Exceeds Estimates
By Kari Lydersen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, February 15, 2009; Page A03

CHICAGO, Feb. 14 -- The pace of global warming is likely to be much faster 
than recent predictions, because industrial greenhouse gas emissions have 
increased more quickly than expected and higher temperatures are 
triggering self-reinforcing feedback mechanisms in global ecosystems, 
scientists said Saturday.

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