BMI Special Report -- Fire and Ice

Journalists have warned of climate change for 100 years, but can’t decide weather we face an ice age or warming

Right-Side-of-Lowell: Climate Change

I am waiting to see someone do an analysis that shows the puts and takes on this. What is the global balance sheet on climate change? Will opening up growing seasons in Canada and Russia produce more food, to help feed the hungry? Some would claim that half of global mortality is due to hunger.

At this point in the discussion, those who wish to take action on climate change bring to mind H L Mencken's law--"For every human problem, there is a neat, simple solution; and it is always wrong."

We need some data!

Time to prepare for climate change | csmonitor.com

Fortunately, the National Research Council, a scientific body set up to advise the US government, has taken a valuable step in that essential process. It released a report March 12 with nine recommendations on how the federal government can help local governments, businesses, and citizens begin to cope with the changes expected later in this century.

First, the report offers this warning: "As a result of human activity, the average temperature of Earth will soon leave the less-than-1 degree Celsius range that it has maintained for more than 10,000 years." The US climate "is no longer stable, but will continue to change in new and often surprising ways," it adds. It calls for deeper research into how specific regions will be affected and on ways to lessen or adapt to changes.