E continua ... diversas leituras feitas em Dezembro sobre as questões das alterações climáticas (III)

E mais uma nota de arrumação: o objectivo deste tipo de nota é ver se se crio junto da consciência dos meus parcos leitores - (não me estou a queixar: prefiro poucos e bons) - uma "mancha" de preocupação. Para isso, penso que bastará a maior parte das vezes ler o título das referências indicadas abaixo:

• That Explains the Polar Bear « Climate Progress (figura acima)
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• A case of classic Swift-Boating: How the right-wing noise machine manufactured “Climategate” « Climate Progress 
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• UK Met Office: Global warming plus El Niño means it’s “more likely than not that 2010 will be the warmest year in the instrumental record.” « Climate Progress
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•  Climate scientists around the world debunk Wall Street Journal “Stalinist” screed « Climate Progress
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•  Sea levels may rise 3 times faster than IPCC estimated, could hit 6 feet by 2100 « Climate Progress 
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• "Anyone Telling You Uncertainty About Climate Change Is a Reason for Inaction Is Either a Fool or a Scoundrel" There is one set of circumstances in which uncertainty is a reason for inaction: (a) the measures you would take would be expensive, (b) the measures you would take will be irreversible, and (c) you will get a lot of new information soon to help you judge the situation better. 
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•  Not-so-great Dane - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com: "Watch me [Krugman] debate Bjorn Lomborg over responses to climate change on Fareed Zakaria’s show."