2009Nov17: The world is now on course for the IPCC’s worst-case scenario in terms of climate change, with average global temperatures rising by up to 6C by the end of the century, according to the 31 researchers from seven countries involved in the Global Carbon Project. The Global Carbon Project study was led by Professor Corinne Le Quéré, of the University of East Anglia and the British Antarctic Survey (Independent.co.uk ).
Reference: Independent.co.uk http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/world-on-course-for-catastrophic-6deg-rise-reveal-scientists-1822396.html
Read the CSIRO media release. 2009Nov17. Available online at Global Carbon Project http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget/08/press-releases.htm
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