Planet approaching point of no return, experts warn

The Earth’s temperature is continuing to rise, the Greenland and the Antarctic ice sheets are losing mass at an increasing rate and the global warming could reach as high as 7 degrees by the turn of the century if greenhouse gases grow unabated, a r review of climate science over the past three years has found
”The message is the warming hasn’t stopped,” said Matthew England of the University of NSW and one of the authors of the report, The Copenhagen Diagnosis. ”Every year this century has been among the top 10 warmest years since instrumental records began.”

This warming trend has continued despite solar brightness being relatively weak over the past three years and the impact of the cooling La Nina event last year.

”While there has been natural short-term fluctuations in temperature, the warning trend has continued,” the report finds. It underscores a warming trend since the 1970s of a 0.6 degree temperature rise.

The report is confirmation of the scientific case for climate change despite the claims by sceptics of a ”global cooling” and that climate scientists have suppressed sceptical views.

Sydney Morning Herald