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Hils
Oct 27, 2016, 3:54:18 PM10/27/16
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"Global warming is on track to disrupt the Mediterranean region more
than any droughts or heatwaves in the past 10,000 years, turning parts
of southern Europe into desert by the end of the century, scientists
said on Thursday.
Average temperatures in the region have already risen by 1.3 degrees
Celsius (2.3 Fahrenheit) since the late 19th century, well above the
world average of 0.85C (1.5F), according to the study led by France's
Aix-Marseille University.
Man-made climate change “will likely alter ecosystems in the
Mediterranean in a way that is without precedent” in the past 10,000
years unless governments quickly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the
researchers wrote in the journal Science.
With unchecked warming, deserts would expand in southern Spain and
Portugal, northern parts of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia and other
regions including Sicily, southern Turkey and parts of Syria, it showed.
And it would dramatically shift vegetation in the region, famed for
umbrella pines, olive groves, and holm oaks. [...]
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/global-warming-turning-europe-into-desert-2100-mediterranean-spain-portugal-italy-sicily-turkey-a7383931.html
than any droughts or heatwaves in the past 10,000 years, turning parts
of southern Europe into desert by the end of the century, scientists
said on Thursday.
Average temperatures in the region have already risen by 1.3 degrees
Celsius (2.3 Fahrenheit) since the late 19th century, well above the
world average of 0.85C (1.5F), according to the study led by France's
Aix-Marseille University.
Man-made climate change “will likely alter ecosystems in the
Mediterranean in a way that is without precedent” in the past 10,000
years unless governments quickly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the
researchers wrote in the journal Science.
With unchecked warming, deserts would expand in southern Spain and
Portugal, northern parts of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia and other
regions including Sicily, southern Turkey and parts of Syria, it showed.
And it would dramatically shift vegetation in the region, famed for
umbrella pines, olive groves, and holm oaks. [...]
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/global-warming-turning-europe-into-desert-2100-mediterranean-spain-portugal-italy-sicily-turkey-a7383931.html
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Oct 28, 2016, 3:53:56 PM10/28/16
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On Thu, 27 Oct 2016 20:54:16 +0100, Hils <hi...@saynotospam.net> wrote:
>"Global warming is on track to disrupt the Mediterranean region more
>than any droughts or heatwaves in the past 10,000 years, turning parts
>of southern Europe into desert by the end of the century, scientists
>said on Thursday.
>
>Average temperatures in the region have already risen by 1.3 degrees
>Celsius (2.3 Fahrenheit) since the late 19th century, well above the
>world average of 0.85C (1.5F), according to the study led by France's
>Aix-Marseille University.
>
>Man-made climate change “will likely alter ecosystems in the
>Mediterranean in a way that is without precedent” in the past 10,000
>years unless governments quickly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the
>researchers wrote in the journal Science.
Did you spot the slippery quallifier?
>"Global warming is on track to disrupt the Mediterranean region more
>than any droughts or heatwaves in the past 10,000 years, turning parts
>of southern Europe into desert by the end of the century, scientists
>said on Thursday.
>
>Average temperatures in the region have already risen by 1.3 degrees
>Celsius (2.3 Fahrenheit) since the late 19th century, well above the
>world average of 0.85C (1.5F), according to the study led by France's
>Aix-Marseille University.
>
>Man-made climate change “will likely alter ecosystems in the
>Mediterranean in a way that is without precedent” in the past 10,000
>years unless governments quickly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the
>researchers wrote in the journal Science.
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