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According to a new government report obtained by NPR, it is "extremely likely" that human activities are the "dominant cause" of global warming.
The report states that the last 115 years are "the warmest in the history of modern civilization."
The report "NCA4" is the nation's most authoritative assessment of climate science. The report's authors include experts from leading scientific agencies, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA and the Department of Energy, as well as academic scientists.
Also at Ars Technica:
The topline conclusion is obviously the degree to which observed global warming is human-caused, and the report pulls no punches: “Many lines of evidence demonstrate that it is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century. Over the last century, there are no convincing alternative explanations supported by the extent of the observational evidence.”
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Saturday November 04 2017, @03:04PM (3 children)
The grasslands of Greenland are still there, at least according to the Danish tourist bureau [greenland-guide.dk].
That said, there's been repeated claims that Erik the Red named it "greenland" more as a marketing ploy than anything else.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 1, Funny) by kanweg on Saturday November 04 2017, @03:15PM (2 children)
Are you sure it wasn't Erik the Orange?
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(Score: 0, Offtopic) by rylyeh on Saturday November 04 2017, @05:55PM
Due to the use of ochre [wikipedia.org] for red in those days, shouldn't it be 'Eric the Ochre'?
"a vast crenulate shell wherein rode the grey and awful form of primal Nodens, Lord of the Great Abyss."
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by petecox on Saturday November 04 2017, @05:58PM
That was just her trans/cosplay persona. On weekdays she was just a mild mannered civil engineer named Hilde from Stavanger.
But call yourself Erik, glue a.red beard to your chin, craft a.helmet with horns on it and its pretty easy to blend in and out drink, out rape and out pillage a bunch of scrawny, pasty white Scandi dudes.