Study Paints Dire Picture Of Warmer Northeast

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/12/science/12warm.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin

Study Paints Dire Picture of Warmer Northeast
By ANTHONY DePALMA
Published: July 12, 2007

By the end of this century, 100-year floods could hit New York City every 10 years, Long Island lobsters could disappear and New York apples could be hard to come by if nothing is done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report released yesterday by a group of scientists and economists.

City Room: Dire Climate Forecast Includes the 100-Year Flood, Once a Decade“The Northeast can anticipate substantial — and often unwelcome or dangerous — changes during the rest of this century,” concluded the report by the Union of Concerned Scientists, which examined the impact of global warming on the region. “The very character of the Northeast is at stake.”

The report, which covers nine states, is the product of a two-year collaboration between the Union of Concerned Scientists, an advocacy group, and a team of several dozen independent scientists and economists.

Speaking at a news conference at the New York Botanical Garden, one of the authors of the report, James L. McCarthy, professor of biological oceanography at Harvard University and president-elect of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, said there could be droughts every summer in the Catskill Mountains, which supply drinking water for 9 million New Yorkers. At the same time, there could be heavy downpours that could turn the city’s water more turbid and cause flooding.

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A separate news conference was held in Trenton yesterday, focusing on global warming’s potential impact on New Jersey.

Mr. Corzine said that state and local efforts to reduce greenhouse gases are important, but controlling global warming requires a commitment on the national level, something the current administration has been reluctant to pursue.

“In absence of leadership on the federal level, the fight to reduce greenhouse gases has now fallen upon the states,” Mr. Corzine said. The governor also called on individuals to do their share with simple acts like driving less and using mass transit.

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The full report on climate change in the Northeast is available at the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Web site, www.ucsusa.org.

[hedgehog]

1. I was thinking, at least one good thing comes out of Global Warming,

No more snowmobiles!


Then I thought,


DAMN - 12 months of ATVs!

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2. I think NYC would have to be under water before people really care about this