The UK Met Office: Catastrophic climate change could happen with 50 years

September 28, 2009 | Filed Under Public Domain |

C Louise Gray in the Telegraph (UK) : An average global temperature rise of 7.2F (4C), considered a dangerous tipping point, could happen by 2060, causing droughts around the world, sea level rises and the collapse of important ecosystems, it warns. The Arctic could see an increase in temperatures of 28.8F (16C), while parts of sub Saharan Africa and North America would be devastated by an increase in temperature of up to 18F (10C). Britain’s temperature would rise by the average 7.2F (4C) wh

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