Last month in my piece about Rob Marciano ridiculing Al Gore, a couple of commenters spouted their mistrust of Al and their insistence on still thinking that climate change is debatable. Of course as I pointed out in that comment section, neither backs up their statements with any proof, just a ton of rhetoric. People like them, deniers such as Senator Inhofe continue to dismiss the reality facing the planet (and those that live on it). Though they are right about one thing, it isn't as bad as Al says, its worse.
From The Courier Mail:
The report, prepared by Dr Graeme Pearman, former head of the CSIRO's atmospheric research unit, found temperatures and greenhouse pollution were rising faster than forecast by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The report, prepared for the Climate Institute, noted that the IPCC's recent Fourth Assessment Report used material published up to mid-2006, but many important new observations had been published since.
"These suggest that the IPCC assessment is underestimating the risks of adverse impacts due to increased warming during this century and that impacts previously considered to be at the upper end of likelihood are now more probable," the report reads.
I wonder if that makes them happy? At least they can say with some sort of credibility that Al was wrong. Of course, it is just a shame for all of us that are going to have to live with the problems that climate change will present.
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