Thursday 31 October 2013

IPCC: Europe has been warming faster than the global average

UN climate science panel's full report shows how climate change could pan out differently across the many regions of the world

Quoted/repeated verbatim from the guardian 2 October 2013 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/02/ipcc-europe-warming-faster-global-average Europe has been warming faster than the global average over the last 30 years, the UN's new climate report reveals.

This week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released part one of its scientific report in full.

Among some of the most significant findings from a summary of the report released a few days ago are that humans are responsible for at least half of the warming experienced in recent decades. The report also predicts higher sea levels and further warming worldwide if greenhouse gas emissions continue.

The full report also looks at how climate change could pan out differently across the many regions of the world. There will be much more on this when the IPCC releases the second part of its climate report in March 2014. But the first part provides some valuable insights about how climate change affects Europe.

Read rest/whole article @ http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/02/ipcc-europe-warming-faster-global-average