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Climate whims: Weather havoc in the Caucasus

Published: 12 October, 2009, 14:00
Edited: 12 October, 2009, 18:02


Even scientists have been unable to predict the unexpected snowstorms and tornadoes that are plaguing the most unlikely regions, raising concern that not enough is being done to combat climate change.

 
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Dennis October 12, 2009, 13:35 quote
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Not forgetting to check Wikipedia on the subject can make one run around and cry out the sky is falling! "At a meeting of the American Geophysical Union (December 17, 2008), scientists detailed evidence in support of the controversial idea that the introduction of large-scale rice agriculture in Asia, coupled with extensive deforestation in Europe began to alter world climate by pumping significant amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere over the last 1,000 years. In turn, a warmer atmosphere heated the oceans making them much less efficient storehouses of carbon dioxide and reinforcing global warming, possibly forestalling the onset of a new glacial age." So, maybe instead of the "INFERNAL" gas engine, maybe growing food is a bigger problem?

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