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As I report on climate change, I come across a lot of scary facts, like the possibility that thawing permafrost in Siberia could release gigatons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, or the risk that Greenland could pass a tipping point and begin to melt rapidly. But one of the most frightening studies I've read recently had nothing to do with icebergs or megadroughts. In a paper that came out Oct.

A delegation of Inuit is to travel to Wash DC to provide 1st-hand testimony of how global warming is destroying their way of life and to accuse the Bush admin. of undermining their human rights, arguing that its energy policies and its position as the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases is having a devastating effect on their communities.

A team of UK scientists have discovered a natural process that could delay, or even end, the threat of global warming.The researchers, aboard the Royal Navy’s HMS Endurance, have found that melting icebergs off the coast of Antarctica are releasing millions of tiny particles of iron into the southern Ocean, helping to create huge ‘blooms’ of algae that absorb carbon emissions.

One of the few potentially positive effects of climate change, at least in the short term, is that increased concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may enhance the growth of plants. That could be good for agriculture — though warming temperatures and changing rain patterns in a warmer world might wipe out that advantage.

Consequences of Global Warming
The earth is getting hotter, and scientists overwhelmingly agree that temperatures will keep going up if we fail to dramatically reduce global warming pollution. The consequences of a warmer world range from dirtier air and water to more severe floods and droughts to a rise in human health problems and the spread of tropical illnesses.