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This article was originally written for a paranormal magazine called The Paranormal Journal, it became known as The Underground Files covering ghosts, ufos, cryptozoology, and government conspiracies amongst others. I no longer write for the magazine and it is no longer in existence. Global Warming Problems Crop Up Again Global warming could wipe out a quarter of all species by 2050. The United Nations said the report, highlighted threats to creatures ranging from Australian butterflies to Spanish eagles creating a need for the world to back the Kyoto protocol, meant to put a break in rising temperatures linked to human pollution. “A quarter of all species of plants and land animals, or more than a million in all, could be driven to extinction,” said Chris Thomas, professor of Conservation Biology at England’s University of Leeds. Thomas, lead author of the study published in the science journal Nature, told Reuters emissions from cars and factories could push temperatures up to levels not seen for one million to 30 million years by the end of the century, threatening many habitats. The largest survey of its kind to date, studied global warming links to 1,103 species of plants, mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs and insects in South Africa, Brazil, Europe, Australia, Mexico and Costa Rica, pursuing their estimates to 2050. Oceans were not examined in the report. “Climate change is the biggest new extinction threat,” said Lee Hannah, co-author, at Conservation International in Washington DC. “This could be on a par with some of the geologically significant extinctions,” he said. Species at risk include many types of tree in the Amazon, the Spanish Imperial eagle and Boyd’s forest dragon lizard in Australia. Birds like the Scottish crossbill could probably survive, provided they could fly to Iceland, a migration feat they wouldn’t be doing since they’re unable to study the report. U.N. studies project that global temperatures will hot up by 1.4-5.8 degrees Celsius (3-12 F) by 2100, mainly because of human emissions of gasses like carbon dioxide. These temperatures could induce more extreme floods, heatwaves and tornadoes. However, Thomas did notice some scientists argued that species have adapted to rapid climate change in the past, as in a warming after an ice age. But he said humans had now taken over much of the planet, adding problems this time around. Klaus Toepfer, the head of the U.N. Environment Programme, said the report showed that extinctions could hit billions of people, mainly in the Third World that rely on nature for food, shelter and medicines. “This alarming report underlines again to the world the importance of bringing into force the Kyoto protocol,” he said. Kyoto, which would reign in emissions of carbon dioxide and needs countries representing emissions of 55 percent to enter into force. It has managed to get 44 percent and cannot reach 55 without Russia’s 17 percent. The United States pulled out its 36 percent share in 2001, stating it was too expensive and wrongly excluded poor nations (presumably, this will count Britain out of the argument too). Moscow at present says it is undecided. Thomas said the study estimated that 15-37 percent of all species could be pushed to extinction in the climate change by 2050. Included in this a central assumption of about 24 percent. He urged to a shift to new, cleaner energy technologies. Global Warming Problems Crop Up Again written by Bill Barber |
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