Thread: Global warming 'past the point of no return'
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Old 15-04-2006, 10:06   #113
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Re: Global warming 'past the point of no return'
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Originally Posted by yesman

The government report says a 3C rise would cause:
A drop worldwide of between 20 and 400 million tonnes in cereal crops
About 400 million more people at risk of hunger
Between 1.2bn and 3bn more people at risk of water stress

This is getting serious

BBC Science - Nature
Ah, good old statisitics... that's a big range though, "between 20 and 400 million tonnes"? So it could be 20, or it could be 400, or it could be somewhere in between? Or, since it's a stat in a government report, it could be a complete lie... sorry, "mistake that they never admit to"?
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