Scientists: Warming Climate Puts People At Risk
Flooded VW Bug This car with smashed windows near Avenue C in Manhattan was one of hundreds tossed around and flooded by an unprecedented storm surge. Dave Mosher Dozens of the world's top climate scientists have gathered in Japan this week with representatives from around 100 countries to work on the latest United Nations report about climate change. According to leaked drafts, the report is all but calling the climate situation an emergency: Far from causing future problems for a few species bearing white fur or feathers, hotter temperatures are already changing local conditions for humans, and a lot faster than most climate researchers once believed possible. “The polar bear is us,” one American researcher told the Associated Press, which reports, The report says scientists have already observed many changes from warming, such as an...