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Blowin’ in the Wind

From MIT: New Analysis Shows Warming Could be Double Previous Estimates, May 19, 2009

The most comprehensive modeling yet carried out on the likelihood of how much hotter the Earth’s climate will get in this century shows that without rapid and massive action, the problem will be about twice as severe as previously estimated six years ago – and could be even worse than that.

The new projections, published this month in the American Meteorological Society’s Journal of Climate, indicate a median probability of surface warming of 5.2 degrees Celsius by 2100, with a 90% probability range of 3.5 to 7.4 degrees. This can be compared to a median projected increase in the 2003 study of just 2.4 degrees.

From the Public: Comment Section -Professor Anthony Costello: Climate Change Biggest Threat to Humans, May 14, 2009

Real scientistts using scientific data, not Junk Science , have stated by the hundreds, that the only thing that will change the earths’s climate is the sun. When will the media quit giving a platform to those who want to control us all via climate control.

Chester, WV, USA

When will these so called experts look out of the window and see what is really happening to the climate. They forecast Spain becoming a desert, and the UK having a mediteranian climate. For the past two years Spain has had record levels of rain fall plus the coldest winter for 60 years.

Pego, Spain

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What is the truth about our water supplies? Are they threatened? Will we run out of water? How do we solve this if it is a problem?

I came across this compelling slide show about the current and future threats to our water supplies, but I am not sure if the statistics presented in the slide show are accurate. It reminds me of the debate that rages over whether or not the film, An Inconvenient Truth, is factual. At the time of the movie’s debut, scientists that I know and trust told me that research by scientists into the question indicated that, except for a few minor errors, the movie is an accurate portrayal of the story of global climate change.

This post is a challenge to students through their teachers (individual students, groups of students, classes of students) to verify or contradict the statistics in the slide show. Be creative, but back up your research with authority. Where can you find the most accurate and latest findings about our water supplies? Using multimedia, tell the story of your research and findings. Register your work as a comment on this blog with a link to your presentation so all can judge for themselves the authenticity of the story presented in Thirst.