holy armageddon, Batman!

[mckitterick]

Okay, this is scary as freakin' hell:

Climate change over the next 20 years could result in a global catastrophe costing millions of lives in wars and natural disasters. A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a 'Siberian' climate by 2020. Nuclear conflict, mega-droughts, famine and widespread rioting will erupt across the world.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1153513,00.html

The report:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1153547,00.html

It's no surprise, but the timing is REALLY near-term.

Best,
Chris

Comments

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, on the positive side it turns out that the Guardian is over-reacting a bit. Seems that this was only a worst-case scenario.

So there's hope. There's always hope.

Chris