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April 15, 2009

Study: Worst of Global Warming Can Be Avoided
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In environmental news, a new study says the world can still avoid the
worst of global warming if current European Union proposals for cutting
greenhouse gases are adopted. A computer simulation by National Center
for Atmospheric Research based on a 70 percent emissions cut found world
temperatures will still increase but not to an unsustainable level. The
Arctic sea shelf would still shrink but not completely disappear, while
about half of changes in droughts and floods could be avoided. Heat
waves would also be 55 percent less intense.



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