Thursday 2 July 2009

Amazon Rainforest threat

The Amazon could lose as much as 40% of it's rainforest if tempratures increase to 2degrees above pre-industrial.... temperature has already increased by .74 degrees Celsius over the last 100 years....

Permafrost Problem

Scientists have doubled their estimates of the amount of carbon dioxide trapped within the permafrost which will escape as warming causes the permafrost in Northern latitudes to melt....