Climate change at the poles IS man-made

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:46 PM EDT

Article Source: Independent.co.uk

Changes to the climate due to human activity can now be detected on every continent, following a study showing that temperature rises in the Antarctic as well as the Arctic are the result of man-made emissions of greenhouse gases.

It is the first time scientists have been able to prove the link between the temperature changes in both polar regions are down to human activity and it also undermines climate sceptics who believe the warming trend seen in the Arctic in recent decades is part of the climate's natural variability.

The findings contradict the 2007 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which said that Antarctica was the only continent where the human impact on the climate had not been observed.

The new study shows that Antarctica has been caught up in the changes to the global climate over the past 60 years and that this warming cannot be attributed to natural variations.

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nearing

It would be nice if the author of this article would have given some links to the primary source so we could take a look at the study itself.

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#1 - Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:50 PM EDT

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forrestg

Yes it would be nice if the author had provided links, but even in their absence I agree that our interaction with the environment can be observed in climate change on every continent including both polar regions.

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#1.1 - Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:33 PM EDT

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SuzT36

Indeed, but we don't have climate change and man-made environmental impact. GWB tells us so, and Palin confirms it, ergo, it must be true.

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#2 - Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:11 PM EDT

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Climate change at the poles IS man-made

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