CLIMATE CHANGE – USA GLOBAL WARMING MODEL
November 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE LAWRENCE Livermore National Laboratory, California, USA, has warned global warming could be much higher than expected, releasing new models suggesting average temperatures worldwide could rise by 7.8°C by 2300 if fossil fuel consumption continues unchecked. Polar ice caps would melt and sea levels rise seven meters, it claimed. *More information - http://www.llnl.gov/pao/news/news_releases/2005/NR-05-11-01.html
THE LAWRENCE Livermore National Laboratory, California, USA, has warned global warming could be much higher than expected, releasing new models suggesting average temperatures worldwide could rise by 7.8°C by 2300 if fossil fuel consumption continues unchecked. Polar ice caps would melt and sea levels rise seven meters, it claimed. *More information - http://www.llnl.gov/pao/news/news_releases/2005/NR-05-11-01.html
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