Thursday, March 07, 2013

Bummer: Although the Earth hasn't warmed for 17 years, we may face "catastrophic warming" in the next eight years

Shareholders File First-Ever 'Carbon Bubble' Resolutions | InsideClimate News
The carbon bubble concept is relatively new, born out of a recent scientific paper that has united climate change activists and some in the financial community in a common pursuit: to rethink the value of investments in coal, oil and gas.

The paper, published in 2009 in Nature, said that at current rates of fossil fuel burning, the world could face catastrophic warming in as soon as a dozen years.

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