12.16.2004
U.S. Resists Changing Stance Amid Climate Warnings (Reuters.com)
By Mary Milliken
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - Meteorologists warned on Wednesday that 2004 would be one of the hottest years since records began as environment ministers tried to crack U.S. resistance to joining international efforts against global warming.
The Geneva-based World Meteorological Organization said in its annual report that 2004 would be the fourth-hottest since record-keeping began in 1861 and predicted global warming would continue with more extreme weather like hurricanes and droughts.
The report came as environment ministers from 80 countries met on Wednesday for the final days of a U.N. conference on climate change.
The conference of nearly 200 nations has turned into a polarized affair, with the European Union and nations supporting the Kyoto protocol to cut greenhouse gases in one camp and the United States, the world's biggest polluter, in the other.
(More ... Science News Article | Reuters.com) ¶ 08:44
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - Meteorologists warned on Wednesday that 2004 would be one of the hottest years since records began as environment ministers tried to crack U.S. resistance to joining international efforts against global warming.
The Geneva-based World Meteorological Organization said in its annual report that 2004 would be the fourth-hottest since record-keeping began in 1861 and predicted global warming would continue with more extreme weather like hurricanes and droughts.
The report came as environment ministers from 80 countries met on Wednesday for the final days of a U.N. conference on climate change.
The conference of nearly 200 nations has turned into a polarized affair, with the European Union and nations supporting the Kyoto protocol to cut greenhouse gases in one camp and the United States, the world's biggest polluter, in the other.
(More ... Science News Article | Reuters.com) ¶ 08:44
