Extinction of life on Earth through Global Warming

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Extinction of life on Earth
through Global Warming (VIDEO BELOW)

Excerpt:

For the proofs of our situation (all fully referenced) read this file.

Also look at my talk on "Global Warming, National Security and
Ethics" to the Independent Scholars of Australia in Canberra, October
2007. It can be viewed here.

Scientists have become increasingly anxious about global warming and our future on this planet. Since late 2005

fear of global warming has made them increasingly concerned. The evidence is now overwhelming - we have glimpsed what the future may portend.

It is urgent because only a slight increase in temperature is needed to trigger tipping points
that cannot then be reversed. This will release vast quantities of
greenhouse gas that will have a catastrophic effect on life.
Temperatures could rise by 5 degrees in a decade, so how much time do we have?

The question for humanity is: can global warming be prevented?

There is now enough CO2 already in the air, so were we to STOP all burning of fossil fuels immediately, STOP driving all cars and trucks and STOP devastating our forests - and did so NOW - temperatures would still continue to rise for at least another two decades!

We wont be doing that - will we?
Nor will Big-Oil nor will Big-Coal nor will our governments!

Then watch out!! For by the time we get around to it - and convince China
and India etc etc to do the same - the earth's mean temperature could
have increased by at least 2 degrees centigrade. This may not seem a
lot, but when the whole globe gets close to this temperature we now know
from recent scientific evidence that the following consequences are
more than plausible, and these tipping points could happen abruptly:-

1. There are vast stores of CO2
   and methane held in forests, in the oceans and in the soil. Before 2
   degrees is reached these greenhouse gases will start to seep into the
   atmosphere. This will increase temperatures further, triggering the
   emission of more carbon dioxide and methane - and a dangerous and
   unstoppable feedback loop will have started. The warming of permafrost in Siberia is a major concern.
   
2. The affect of global warming on Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets, especially Greenland and the Western Antarctic,
   will be devastating. The process of disintegration has already started,
   and will soon be irreversible. Complete collapse of these two areas
   would raise sea levels by more than 14 metres.
   
3. Trees will
   be under considerable stress, and whole species may be wiped out
   either by the heat or by insect pests that flourish in a warmer climate.
   This is already happening in north America. Bush fires will be more frequent and larger, each time releasing more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
   
4. The great tropical forests of the Amazon, Borneo and the Congo
   are being over-logged and tests have shown they are likely to collapse
   if drought lasts more than three years. These forests are the major CO2
   sinks.
   
5. As a result, supplies of food and water will be greatly diminished from flooding, sea level rise, drought and chaotic weather.
   
6. Close to a billion people will be forced to search for new homes. This unwanted immigration will force nations to resort to extreme measures including nuclear war.
   
7. Continued global warming will turn our lovely planet into a
   greenhouse of hell for all living things as habitats are threatened. It
   has happened before in the Eocene Warming and can again.
   

Therefore we have to prepare.
Government must galvanise now to protect our children from imminent danger

Everywhere, everyone, must STOP using fossil fuels, PLANT trees while still PREPARING for the worst ... within the next 8 years.


We cannot allow our world to be destroyed. Failure is not an option . Every MOTHER knows that even a ten percent possibility that we could DAMAGE OUR CHILDREN is unacceptable.

WOMEN EVERYWHERE - urge your men to read this and start running their lives differently.

YOU can prevent further warming NOW
Personally and Politically

Every item of information comes from the
most recent and reputable scientific sources and published dialogues.
As citations would impede the text, and as most may be looked up on the
web, we decided not to fill the text with them.