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1ST DEC 2008
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 Climate Change – Not as bad as press make you believe.
It’s got to a point whereby hardly a single day goes by without a new dire warning about climate change. Some claims are more extreme than others increasing the fear that the problem is being oversold and damaging the issue.
Most people estimate that the planet has warmed up between two and tree degrees more in the past century. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) the real figure is 0.6C
Due to the fact that we are bombarded by stories warning us that global warming is out of control, it’s no wonder most people get it wrong. The most extreme warn us that we will be living in a tropical Britain where Malaria is rife and Norfolk has disappeared altogether.
A leading German climate scientist, Dr Hans Von Storch is a fervent believer in global warming and is convinced the effect of the climate change is being exaggerated.
It seems that only the most frightening climate change scenarios are made public.
 Last year the scientific journal Nature published the first results of a study by Climateprediction.net, a group of UK climate scientists. They had been testing what effect doubling the amount of carbon Dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere would have on temperature.
The vast majority of their results showed that it would lead to a temperature rise of about 3C. This increase in heat would have a major impact on the planet. The scientists of Climateprediction.net say that is what you would expect their model to produce, similar results have been produced by many other scientists, however a small percentage of the models showed very high levels of warming-the highest result was a startling 11C.
At the time when the story was sold to journalists, the press release mentioned only one figure – 11C.
The ensuing broadsheet headlines from – “Global warming is twice as bad as previously thought” to “Screensaver weather trial predicts 10C rise in British temperature”.
Provided by The Student Zone (United Kingdom)
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