Things I thought were obvious!, a repost article by the blogger known as And Then There's Physics or ATTP, drew the highest numbert of comments of the articles posted on SkS during the past week. ATTP's original post on his own blog has also attracted a high number of commenters including some members of the all-volunteer SkS author team.
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The El Niño weather phenomenon is developing in Colombia, where it is causing a drought, Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies Institute, or IDEAM, weather forecasting and alerts director Cristian Euscategui said.
El Niño weather phenomenon affecting Colombia, officials say, EFE/Fox News Latino, Jan 2, 2015
h/t to I Heart Climate Scientists
However Sir David (Attenborough) is concerned that, despite the increasingly obvious scale of the threat climate change poses, leaders are not taking the matter as seriously as they should.
“Never in the history of humanity in the last 10 million years have all human beings got together to face one danger that threatens us – never.
“It’s a big ask, but the penalty of not taking any notice is huge,” he said.
Sir David’s comments come two days after a separate warning – on the dangers posed by the booming human population.
“It’s desperately difficult, the dangers are apparent to anybody,” he told The Independent.
David Attenborough: Leaders are in denial about climate change by Tom Bawden, The Independent, Jan 1, 2015
h/t to I Heart Climate Scientists
Posted by John Hartz on Sunday, 4 January, 2015
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