Stick around long enough, and even The Weather Channel will change ...
The Weather Channel: Climate Change Is Real
by Matt Wilstein, mediaite.com -- October 29th, 2014
Without referencing co-founder John Coleman’s recent comments denying the existence of man-made climate change, The Weather Channel has released a statement clarifying their official position on the matter. While Coleman asserted this week that “there is no significant man-made global warming,” the Weather Channel wants you to know that the “climate of the earth is indeed warming,” and that humans are mostly to blame.
The Weather Channel’s position statement breaks the issue down into three questions: “Is global warming a reality? Are human activities causing it? What are the prospects for the future?”
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Global Warming: The Weather Channel Position Statement
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The Future
Potential outcomes range from moderate and manageable to extreme and catastrophic, depending on a number of factors including location and type of effect, and amount of greenhouse gas emissions. Not every location and its inhabitants will be affected equally, but the more the planet warms, the fewer "winners" and the more "losers" there will be as a result of the changes in climate. The potential exists for the climate to reach a "tipping point," if it hasn't already done so, beyond which radical and irreversible changes occur.
The bottom line is that with the rate of greenhouse gas emissions increasing, a significant warming trend is expected to also continue. This warming will manifest itself in a variety of ways, and shifts in climate could occur quickly, so while society needs to continue to wrestle with the difficult issues involved with mitigation of the causes of global warming, an increased focus should be placed on resiliency and adaptation to the effects of global warming given the sensitivity of civilizations and ecosystems to rapid climate change.
Perhaps, The Weather Channel
is run by Scientists, eh?