米国市民は温暖化は本当であることをテスト
EE UU prueba a sus ciudadanos que el calentamiento es real
Un informe de la Casa Blanca muestra los estragos del cambio climático
El presidente apoya las evidencias científicas en televisión
Cristina F. Pereda / Elena G. Sevillano Washington / Madrid 6 MAY 2014 - 23:05
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U.S. citizens test that warming is real
A report by the White House shows the ravages of climate change
The president supports the scientific evidence on TV
Cristina F. Pereda / Elena G. Sevillano Washington / Madrid 6 MAY 2014 - 23:05
The effects of climate change are no longer a distant threat , a problem that can be postponed. As scientists at the UN a few months ago , rising sea levels , acidification of the oceans , droughts and floods are leaving their mark worldwide alerted . And the United States, the second country, after China , more greenhouse gases emitted, is much more aware since the White House on Tuesday released a report warning about the consequences of warming in its territory: depending on where live , Americans have more difficulty accessing water , suffer more or see torrential rains depleted crops.
The report, prepared for four years for more than two hundred scientific and various government agencies, aims to present the scientific literature available about an issue of concern to all world leaders. Especially , as the decisive appointment with next in Paris, where the climate summit should replace - and improve - the Kyoto protocol and assign a new international division of emissions year approaches . The called National Climate is the third charge the White House. However, none of the other two presidents supported his conclusions as he did yesterday Barack Obama : the president gave several interviews on television to talk about climate change .
Do you intend to replace the United States to Europe in leading the fight against global warming? Manuel de Castro , a professor at the University of Castilla -La Mancha and one of the authors of the latest IPCC report (panel of experts from the UN), notes that it is still early to say - "next year in Paris will have an excellent opportunity to test it , "he says - but appreciates the fact that Obama" right flag " report " might make you think you are going to take more seriously the issue. " The president has , yes, " many interests playing against, starting with the fossil energy reserves that they look set to become self-sufficient ." Still can not say that the U.S. will want to put in front of the global offensive against climate change, but if I wanted to EU no longer would dispute him the position as before. After months of give and take between the States , Brussels adopted an environmental commitment in January 2030 less ambitious than the present , which has been interpreted as a step back in its international leadership on climate change.
From Washington , however , yesterday launched its authors as " the greatest alarm " about the urgency with which the United States should respond to the climate challenge . " We're not talking about a future reality. Climate change affects all regions of the country, "said John Holdren , director of the Office of Science and Technology in the White House. The consultant argued that the new report, " the most comprehensive and authoritative on how climate change is affecting the U.S. and will do so in the next century " , provides data to the authorities to decide what measures should be taken. Data used to that climate change is less abstract for the average American, according to your Lou Leonard , vice president of WWF climate change in the U.S. . "The report sends the message that global warming is already happening , and it shows here in the backyard of every citizen ," he adds .
In 2012 , the same year that the U.S. suffered the effects of Hurricane Sandy, the Midwest was the victim of one of the worst droughts in its history, a third of the population experienced temperatures above 38 degrees for more than ten 356 days and temperature records were broken across the country . The National Climate Report analyzes the effects of these phenomena in eight regions , documenting its consequences in the field of health, transport , water , infrastructure , economy , energy and agriculture.
" Over the past decades have identified the areas in which climate change has impacted ; Now , for the first time , we can connect all together , "says Jerry Melillo , president of the Marine Biological Laboratory and advisor to Obama. Climate change " affects the solvency and capacity of the transport system " in the U.S., according to the statement , will trigger the effects by " flooding in airports, harbors , ports , tunnels and rail " and continue to challenge the production network country's power and threatening the health of people because of " fire , declining air quality , mental health problems and transmitted by food or water mosquitoes ."
The White House argues that the study will convince skeptics . Obama needs your support , especially among Republicans in the House of Representatives to approve measures to respond to climate challenges soon. The plan against climate change in the White House, 2013, proposed investments in infrastructure such as roads , bridges or even hospitals with guaranteed operation during hurricanes or floods.
The report relates that during the last five decades torrential rainfall has increased by 71% in the Northeast , 37% in the Midwest and 27% in the south. High temperatures , with an average rise of one degree in the last 100 years can rise 4.5 degrees by the end of this century. The text adds that the biggest challenge facing the country is the sea level rise on the east coast : it is expected that rise more than 10 inches by the end of the century. Experts emphasize the effort that should make Miami to protect with a multimillion-dollar project to avoid the effects of flooding. In the southwest , the long drought hamper the firefighting .
The White House also warned of the effects of climate change on the economy. According to their estimates , reconstruction and destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy have a cost of $ 65,000 million (47,000 million euros). The effects of drought and heat waves cost 21.500 million euros and the consequences of the worsening climate in the country , 7,900 million euros . The report also notes that the cost of inaction is four to ten times higher than now to invest in measures to mitigate the effects of climate change.
Miami sunk
MAYE FIRST ( Miami)
It is feared that the city will no longer be such when the century ends. Miami will be a sunk in the Atlantic as a result of the gradual rise of the tides and of a century that begins with the proliferation of millionaires buildings with poor environmental planning , wreck less than a meter above sea level. Before this flooding currently affecting the city and half a dozen southern counties of the State of Florida, this image of the future is becoming more sense .
Miami and other nearby cities and often flooded , not only with the passage of storms, but the full moon , when the tides rise . On the east coast of the southern state , some beaches and barrier islands have begun to disappear , and salt water has begun to filter the channel network of the Everglades swamp , on which are seated much of the new housing developments area . Local authorities fear that rising sea levels could generate , in the not too distant future flooding in both directions - from the coast and from inside the swamp and salt water can saturate and pollute farmland underground reserves of fresh water.
However, only four southeastern counties have begun to prepare a plan to reduce by 80 % emissions that accelerate climate change and to protect their communities from the eventual rise in sea level. Broward County , for example, is already restricting construction in areas of risk that are below the feet of elevation above sea level ; and other counties , such as Sweetwater, plan to invest in the installation of pumps to drain the water and into the ocean. In Miami Beach, one of the highest risk areas often flooded even during sunny days , the municipality plans to invest about $ 400 million over 40 pumping stations and other urban best to keep their streets safe and dry
ホワイトハウスの報告書は、気候変動の被害を示しています
社長がテレビで科学的な証拠をサポートしています
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