Headline: Obama left with little time to fix global warming - Part 2

There were two things that struck me funny about the above headline in Dec. 15’s paper. [link to article]

I thought it should read ‘climate instability’ rather than ‘global warming’ and that Obama is left with ‘no time’. [link to Part 1]

My opinions were formed by reading the following in the article:

“China has more than doubled its CO2 pollution in that time.”

“World CO2 emissions have grown faster than scientists’ worst-case scenarios.”


“Methane, the next most potent greenhouse gas, suddenly is on the rise again.”

“Scientists fear that cast amounts of the trapped gas will escape from thawing Arctic permafrost.” (The permafrost is in fact thawing rapidly).

For those who still believe in the out-dated notion that trees will take care of all the carbon, the article said, “The amount of carbon dioxide in earth’s atmosphere has already pushed past what some scientists say is the safe level.”

So, there’s ‘no time’ like the present to start fixing the problem.

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After years of inaction, will 2009 be different?

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