Intellpuke: As expected, a number of news organizations throughout the
world are reporting on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) report on global warming issued today. Because different news
organizations tend to focus on different aspects of the IPCC reports
when they are issued, I have selected three of these reports so Free
Internet Press readers can read and compare them. Immediately following
is the report by Britain's Guardian newspaper; that is followed by the
New York Times' article on the IPCC report; and that is followed by the
Associated Press' article. I did not post these articles in any order of
preference. Here's the Guardian's report:
The world's scientists Friday issued a grim forecast for life on earth
in publishing their latest assessment of the impact of climate change.
A warming world will place hundreds of millions of people at greater
risk of food and water shortages and threaten the survival of thousands
of species of plants and animals, said the scientists. Floods, heat
waves, storms and droughts are all expected to increase, with people in
poor countries suffering the worst effects.
Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the expert panel that published the report,
said: "It's the poorest of the poor in the world, and this includes
poor people even in prosperous societies, who are going to be the worst
hit."
Martin
Parry, who co-chaired the working group that produced the report, said
there was evidence that climate change was having a direct effect on
animals, plants and water. "For the first time, we are no longer
arm-waving with models. This is empirical data, we can actually measure
it."
He said four areas of the world were particularly
vulnerable: "The Arctic, where temperatures are rising fast and ice is
melting; sub-Saharan Africa, where dry areas are forecast to get dryer;
small islands, because of their inherent lack of capacity to adapt, and
Asian mega-deltas, where billions of people will be at increased risk
of flooding."
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