Dr. Milton Clark give a talk on "Global Warming: The Science, Impacts, and Strategies" to a large audience on June 16. The science is clear. Global warming is occurring and human beings are primarily responsible. The debate is over.
Warming in the Artic is taken place at a rapid rate (just as predicted) with a temperature increase already of 5 degrees with impacts on infrastructure as permafrost melts and also effects on ecosytems and wildlife. Aggressive stratagies are needed within the next ten years, otherwise a tipping point may be reached where it will be extremely difficult to reverse a runaway greenhouse effect. A Moon Shot NASA style project needs to undertaken now where the best energy efficiency technologies and energy sources (e.g., hydrogen, nuclear, renewable) are developed and placed into wide useage. Global warming has now become an ethical and moral issue since we know that future generations will have a lower quality of life if we fail to address this issue now.
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