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E n v i r o n m e n t a l i s t s a n d m a n y i n t h e s c i e n t i f i c c o m m u n i t y c a r e c h a m p i o n i n g t h e n e e d f o r h o w i n d u s t r i a l i z e d n a t i o n s r e d u c e t h e a m o u n t o f c a r b o n d i o x i d e b e i n g r e l e a s e d i n t o t h e E a r t h s a t m o s p h e r e . I t i s t h i s c a r b o n d i o x i d e t h a t i s w a r m i n g t h e a t m o s p h e r e , a c c o r d i n g t o t h o s e o n t h e e n v i r o n m e n t s i d e o f t h e g l o b a l w a r m i n g d e b a t e , w h i l e t h r e e o f t h e t o p i n d u s t r i a l c o u n t r i e s h a v e n o t s i g n e d o n t o t h e t h e o r y . T h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , C h i n a a n d I n d i a c o n t i n u e t o r e s i s t t h e n e e d f o r m o r e r e d u c t i o n s , a t a n u n k n o w n f i n a n c i a l c o s t , w h i c h t h e y c l a i m c a n n o t b e p r o v e n t o e n d t h e c l i m a t e c h a n g e .
A d d i n g t o t h e d e b a t e a r e c h a r g e s o f f l a w e d s c i e n t i f i c s t a t e m e n t s t h a t t h o s e i n d i s a g r e e m e n t a r e p u r p o s e l y e x a g g e r a t e d t o p u s h t h e a g e n d a o f c e r t a i n e n v i r o n m e n t a l g r o u p s . T h e I n t e r g o v e r n m e n t a l P a n e l o n C l i m a t e C h a n g e h a s b e e n s u p p o r t i n g t h e s o - c a l l e d b u t t e r f l y e f f e c t t o s h o w t h e n e e d f o r d r a s t i c r e d u c t i o n s i n c a r b o n d i o x i d e e m i s s i o n s , w h i l e s c i e n t i s t s a n d c l i m a t o l o g i s t s c o u n t e r c l a i m t h a t t h e s i z e o f t h e t h e o r e t i c a l e f f e c t o n g l o b e s e n v i r o n m e n t i s t o o s m a l l t o b e i n c l u d e d i n t h e g l o b a l w a r m i n g d e b a t e .
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B y c i t i n g t h e b u t t e r f l y e f f e c t s o m e s c i e n t i s t s t h e o r i z e t h a t t h e b e a t i n g w i n g s o f a b u t t e r f l y i n A s i a c o u l d a l t e r t h e c o u r s e a n d s t r e n g t h o f a t o r n a d o i n K a n s a s , a c l a i m m a n y c l i m a t o l o g i s t s s c o f f a t , p o i n t i n g o u t t h e p r o p o n e n t s i n t h e g l o b a l w a r m i n g d e b a t e u s e t h i s a s a s c a r e t a c t i c . T h e i r c l a i m i s t h a t t h e s h e e r s i z e o f t h e E a r t h s a t m o s p h e r e a n d t h e s t r e n g t h n e e d e d t o m a n i p u l a t e a n y c o n d i t i o n i s f a r b e y o n d t h e b r e e z e c r e a t e d b y b u t t e r f l y w i n g s .
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O n t h e o t h e r h a n d , t h o s e s u p p o r t i n g t h e n e e d t o r e d u c e g l o b a l w a r m i n g s a y t h e i n d u s t r i e s d o n o t a c c e p t t h e i r i n f o r m a t i o n i n t h e g l o b a l w a r m i n g d e b a t e d u e t o t h e c o s t o f r e m o v i n g c a r b o n d i o x i d e e m i s s i o n s f r o m f a c t o r i e s a n d m o s t o t h e r s o u r c e s . T h e y c l a i m i n d u s t r i a l i z e d n a t i o n s a r e m o r e i n t e r e s t e d i n s a v i n g m o n e y t h a n s a v i n g t h e p l a n e t .
Global Warming Newspaper Articles News
Weather delay at PGA Championship - Miami Herald
Play has been suspended due to inclement weather during the first round of the PGA Championship at the South Course at Oakland Hills. Dark skies and ominous weather in the area forced officials to stop play around 5:35 p.m. (et) Thursday. The ...
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Read more...For second-tier players, tee time can be crucial to tournament success - ESPN.com
ESPN has asked me to contribute some insight, from a players point of view, for the PGA Championship this week. There is a plethora of information about how the tournament is played by the world's elite players, but seldom is there a great deal of ...
Read more...Play resumes after lightning suspension - Washington Post
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - Play resumed at 1858 local time (2258 GMT) after a weather delay of one hour 25 minutes in Thursday's opening round of the U.S. PGA Championship. The action had been halted at 1733 (2133) due to the threat of ...
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