UN adopts Chicken Little climate "science"

Reuters:

Top climate experts issued their bleakest forecasts yet about global warming on Friday, ranging from hunger in Africa to a thaw of Himalayan glaciers in a study that may add pressure on governments to act.

More than 100 nations in the U.N. climate panel agreed a final text after all-night disputes during which some scientists accused governments of watering down some of their findings in a draft 21-page summary.

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The report says the poor will be hardest hit by changes including desertification, drought, and rising sea levels.

The IPCC groups 2,500 scientists and is the top world authority on climate change. Its findings are approved unanimously by governments and will guide policy in coming years on issues such as extending the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol, the main U.N. plan for capping greenhouse gas emissions, beyond 2012.

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Some scientists objected, for instance, after China tried to eliminate a note saying that there was "very high confidence" that climate change was already affecting "many natural systems, on all continents and in some oceans".

China, the second largest source of greenhouse gases after the United States and ahead of Russia, wanted no mention of the level of confidence.

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That report also forecast that temperatures could rise by 1.8 to 4.0 Celsius (3.2 to 7.2 F) this century.

Friday's study also says climate change could cause hunger for millions with a sharp fall in crop yields in Africa. It could rapidly thaw of Himalayan glaciers that feed rivers from India to China and bring heatwaves for Europe and North America.

U.S. delegates rejected suggested wording that parts of North America may suffer "severe economic damage" from warming.

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On clear days the temperature here swings at least 20 degrees, i.e. 60 at night and 80 during the day etc. In the summer it still does that even though the high might reach 100 on occasion. I recall enduring those hot days in Vietnam and feeling chilled at night when the temperature dropped into the mid 80's. You adapt. The increased temperature forecast is certainly something the human body can adapt to. There will be economic benefits to warming also. It will open the north west passage above Canada, making commerce with Asia and the east coast of the US much cheaper. It will also make commerce between Europe and Asia much cheaper.

In case these guys have not noticed most of North Africa is already a desert called the Sahara. It is also possible that because of the warmer temperature there will be more water vapor in the air providing cooling cloud cover and rain. That is what happens on a daily basis on the Texas Gulf Coast in the summer when there is always a 20 percent chance of rain which usually falls on the hottest portion of the land in the late afternoon. I think if these guys did a study of the positive effects of warming they would be surprised.