Alarm Sounded on Global Warming

June 16, 2004 | Source: Washington Post

Ten of the nation’s top climate researchers warned yesterday that policymakers must act soon to address the dangers associated with global warming, which they described as a looming threat that will hit hardest and soonest at the world’s poor and at farmers.

The academics emphasized that if international leaders do not act soon, they will not have the option of reversing global warming.

Researchers, including Chris Field of the Carnegie Institution, said scientists have begun to detect evidence that various species are having to adjust to global warming. Hundreds of species have moved to cooler regions, Field said, and agricultural yields are declining.