Ask the Pope when he is going to put aside Galileo's verdict for stating the earth revolves around the sun.
"The Looming 8th Pandemic – Climate Change and Cholera Throughout history, only a few pathogens have made historical impacts on human health. One of these is cholera. Caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae this potentially fatal disease has caused more pandemic than influenza, plague and smallpox. The most recent, the seventh, occurred in the 1960s when many parts of Asia suffered for four agonizing years. Today, cholera has been for the most part controlled and limited to only a few places such as Bangladesh andHaiti. These countries appear to have seasonal intervals of infection and are continuing to be monitored. Yet, since the early 1990s, the concern for another pandemic has been haunting public health officials. What makes their worry more pressing is the fact the oncoming onslaught may be due to a factor seemingly out of our control: climate change...." http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/the-looming-8th-pandemic-–-climate-change-and-cholera/ar-BBldhvT
You serious? You think I'm a leftist? Laugh the fuck out loud, dude!!!! Do your homework before you validate what the left constantly states about the right regarding intelligence. How did you possibly reach your conclusion from my comment??? Just for the record, I do believe man will nuke himself out of existence. Why? Because as long as there are those who wish to control others (which are legion), and those who wish not to be controlled, there will be war, and both sides are heavily armed. I am on the side of those who wish not to be controlled (which puts me on your side, no?). That pretty much disqualifies me from being a leftist. I have no desire to control anyone who is not trying to control me. Regarding my post about the red giant phase of the sun and man destroying himself, let me help you out. Sorry to be an asshole about this. I guess it's the weekend, and we've all had a little (or a lot) to drink. cynicism http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cynicism Ignore this post if your response was itself a joke in the spirit of the "Riddler", that I missed. It happens from time to time.
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Nearly 150 people have died from heatstroke in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi in the last two days, officials said Monday. Karachi has been in the grip of a rare heat wave, with temperatures soaring to 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit). A collapse of the local power grid over the weekend made matters worse.
Researchers find future temperatures could exceed livable limits Reasonable worst-case scenarios for global warming could lead to deadly temperatures for humans in coming centuries, according to research findings from Purdue University and the University of New South Wales, Australia. Researchers for the first time have calculated the highest tolerable "wet-bulb" temperature and found that this temperature could be exceeded for the first time in human history in future climate scenarios if greenhouse gas emissions continue at their current rate. Wet-bulb temperature is equivalent to what is felt when wet skin is exposed to moving air. It includes temperature and atmospheric humidity and is measured by covering a standard thermometer bulb with a wetted cloth and fully ventilating it. The researchers calculated that humans and most mammals, which have internal body temperatures near 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, will experience a potentially lethal level of heat stress at wet-bulb temperature above 95 degrees sustained for six hours or more, said Matthew Huber, the Purdue professor of earth and atmospheric sciences who co-authored the paper that will be published in Thursday's (May 6) issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Although areas of the world regularly see temperatures above 100 degrees, really high wet-bulb temperatures are rare," Huber said. "This is because the hottest areas normally have low humidity, like the 'dry heat' referred to in Arizona. When it is dry, we are able to cool our bodies through perspiration and can remain fairly comfortable. The highest wet-bulb temperatures ever recorded were in places like Saudi Arabia near the coast where winds occasionally bring extremely hot, humid ocean air over hot land leading to unbearably stifling conditions, which fortunately are short-lived today." The study did not provide new evaluations of the likelihood of future climate scenarios, but explored the impacts of warming. The challenges presented by the future climate scenarios are daunting in their scale and severity, he said. "Whole countries would intermittently be subject to severe heat stress requiring large-scale adaptation efforts," Huber said. "One can imagine that such efforts, for example the wider adoption of air conditioning, would cause the power requirements to soar, and the affordability of such approaches is in question for much of the Third World that would bear the brunt of these impacts. In addition, the livestock on which we rely would still be exposed, and it would make any form of outside work hazardous." While the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change central estimates of business-as-usual warming by 2100 are seven degrees Fahrenheit, eventual warming of 25 degrees is feasible, he said. "We found that a warming of 12 degrees Fahrenheit would cause some areas of the world to surpass the wet-bulb temperature limit, and a 21-degree warming would put half of the world's population in an uninhabitable environment," Huber said. "When it comes to evaluating the risk of carbon emissions, such worst-case scenarios need to be taken into account. It's the difference between a game of roulette and playing Russian roulette with a pistol. Sometimes the stakes are too high, even if there is only a small chance of losing." Steven Sherwood, the professor at the Climate Change Research Centre at the University of New South Wales, Australia, who is the paper's lead author, said prolonged wet-bulb temperatures above 95 degrees would be intolerable after a matter of hours. "The wet-bulb limit is basically the point at which one would overheat even if they were naked in the shade, soaking wet and standing in front of a large fan," Sherwood said. "Although we are very unlikely to reach such temperatures this century, they could happen in the next." http://phys.org/news/2010-05-future-temperatures-livable-limits.html
so where is the the science showing man made co2 is causing warming. although we have requested it, we have seen no peer reviewed papers and no science other than failed models showing man made co2 causes warming. yet... you are all so comfortable with scare tactics. the point is we could be warming or we could start cooling. we could just as easily warn... in the next century if co2 continues to travel to the upper atmosphere and block incoming rays would could reach the cold bulb temperature in which humans freeze and can't produce enough food.
I find it interesting that scientists and health workers seem to get so worked up about climate change as a source of disease but ignore a far more serious threat, unchecked illegal immigration. No one has died from climate change, but we have suffered serious episodes of diseases long thought eradicated in this country and other diseases we have never heard of, all due to immigration. Strangely , no one, from obama to democrats and republicans in congress to the scientific community, even the Catholic Church, are the least bit concerned. Indeed, they all want more unchecked immigration. To hell with the risks apparently, provided someone's bread is getting buttered.
Yes, they are not concerned. There is reason for that. It's just more inflated nutjob right wing hysteria with little basis in reality but is good fodder to keep the sheep watching Faux News.
why does it not surprise me you don't get about the virulent forms of tb people are contracting the the disease that crippled kids here in CA last year. you are sick twisted big govt loving troll drone. you should be ashamed of yourself.