White House Climate Change Report Issues Dire Warning On Worsening Situation
SETH BORENSTEIN | June 16, 2009 08:52 PM EST |

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WASHINGTON — Rising sea levels, sweltering temperatures, deeper droughts, and heavier downpours _ global warming’s serious effects are already here and getting worse, the Obama administration warned on Tuesday in the grimmest, most urgent language on climatechange ever to come out of any White House.

But amid the warnings, scientists and government officials seemed to go out of their way to soften the message. It is still not too late to prevent some of the worst consequences, they said, by acting aggressively to reduce world emissions of heat-trapping gases, primarily carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.

The new report differs from a similar draft issued with little fanfare or context by George W. Bush’s administration last year. It is paradoxically more dire about what’s happening and more optimistic about what can be done.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/16/white-house-climate-chang_n_216534.html

I think the key phrases here are, “Dire Warning”; “serious effects are already here and getting worse”; “not too late to prevent some of the worst consequences”, and, “by acting aggressively to reduce world emissions of heat-trapping gases”.

I don’t believe this is about “what are they going to do about it?” I think it’s more like, “what are WE going to do about this? And, WHEN?

Remember to keep an eye on the poles:
June 3, 2009
Melt season gains momentum

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After a slow start to the melt season, ice extent declined quickly in May. Scientists are monitoring the ice pack for signs of what will come this summer. The thinness of the ice pack makes it likely that the minimum ice extent will again fall below normal, but how far below normal will depend on atmospheric conditions through the summer.
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