Climatologist to speak at ROTHBURY on global warming - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com
Global warming has been linked to increased fires, stronger storms, rising sea levels, shrinking glaciers and increased melting of polar ice caps. Scientists have said global warming could cause Lake Michigan's water level to drop five feet over the next century.
[Steven "earth-honoring prayers and snowdances"] Schneider was among 2,000 scientists and policy experts from 120 nations who documented global warming as part of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC.
The IPCC concluded that a preponderance of scientific evidence showed the planet is warming and the burning of fossil fuels -- coal and petroleum products -- is one of the causes. The IPCC shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former vice president Al Gore.
"You can't deny the existence of global warming or the fact that humans are responsible for some of it," Schneider said.
He said global warming skeptics such as Rush Limbaugh, author Michael Crichton and a minority of scientists "don't know what they're talking about."
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