AGU consensus statement: humans are causing global warming

The Bush administration cannot ignore this: The American Geophysical Union -- the pre-eminent society for geologists, earth and planetary scientists -- has released this consensus statement entitled, "Human Impacts on Climate". Here's the instrumental quote (this is a consensus statement of approximately 40,000 scientists people!):

Scientific evidence strongly indicates that natural influences cannot explain the rapid increase in global near-surface temperatures observed during the second half of the 20th century.

Read on for a few more choice quotes...

A particular concern is that atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide may be rising faster than at any time in Earth's history, except possibly following rare events like impacts from large extraterrestrial objects.

It is virtually certain that increasing atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases will cause global surface climate to be warmer.

AGU also urges that the scientific basis for policy discussions and decision-making be based upon objective assessment of peer-reviewed research results.

AGU is committed to improving the communication of scientific information to governments and private organizations so that their decisions on climate issues will be based on the best science.

The global climate is changing and human activities are contributing to that change.

Posted by joebeone at Diciembre 16, 2003 06:14 PM