11/02/2008

climate change


our climate is chaging- both in Britain and roung the world. because of man-made pollution that traps sun's, the planet may never have warmed as fast as it has in past 25 years. The years 2005 and 1998 were the warmest years of the last millennium. the 1990s the warmest decade and the 20th century was the warmest century.
This is going to affect us all, and the evidence of the first sign of climate change is all around us. In europe, the glacier of the Alps are disappearing and drought in the Mediterranean are worsening. Southern Spain is turning to desert.
Some European countries have set themselves informal targets for 60 percent emissions reductions by mid-century, which is a better measure of what is needed.
we should do our best to reduce our climate footprint- our personal contribution to global warming.