2013 Prediction: Climate Scientists Say It Again
Climate Scientists Say It Again Jesse LenzTwo statements on climate change will set the record straight--as long as nuanced differences from past reports aren't exaggerated. Science and technology have utterly transformed human life in the past few generations, and forecasts of the future used to be measured in decades. But big changes arrive faster and faster these days. So here we've shifted our forecast to the near-term, because we're right on the verge of some extraordinary stuff. These are the trends and events to watch out for in 2013. See them all here. The warning from climate scientists has been clear and consistent for decades: Man-made greenhouse-gas emissions, which increase every year, are causing the planet to warm, and that will have dire consequences-the specifics of which (timing, intensity, location) aren't completely understood right now. Unfortunately, the steadiness of that message is also its undoing in the media; more often, the...