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ClimateImpacts2007.sPubDate = "2/2/2007 4:01:40 PM GMT";
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ClimateImpacts2007.appHeader = "Warming world: Climate change impacts";
ClimateImpacts2007.appDeck = "Click on a category for details from a January 2007 report by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The IPCC groups 2,500 researchers from more than 130 nations and is the most comprehensive overview of climate change for guiding policymakers.";
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ClimateImpacts2007[i-1].body = "&#147;Most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic (human) greenhouse gas concentrations,&#148; it says.<br>The IPCC says &#147;very likely&#148; means at least a 90 percent probability. The IPCC's previous report, in 2001, said it was &#147;likely&#148; that human activities were the dominant cause of warming in the last 50 years, a term that translates into a 66 percent probability.";

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ClimateImpacts2007[i-1].body = "A range between 2-11.5 degrees Fahrenheit was predicted by 2100. That was a wider range than in the IPCC's previous report in 2001.<br>However, the panel also said its best estimate was for temperature rises of 3.2-7.1 degrees Fahrenheit.";

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ClimateImpacts2007[i-1].body = "Scenarios range from increases between 7-23 inches by the end of the century. An additional 3.9-7.8 inches are possible if recent, surprising melting of polar ice sheets continues.<br>The report also predicts a gradual slow-down this century in ocean currents such as the one that carries warm water to northwest Europe.";

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ClimateImpacts2007[i-1].body = "An increase in hurricane and tropical cyclone strength since 1970 \"more likely than not\" can be attributed to man-made global warming, the report said. Global warming&#146;s connection varies with storms in different parts of the world, it added, but the storms that strike the Americas are global warming-influenced.";

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ClimateImpacts2007[i-1].body = "It is \"very likely\" that extremes such as heatwaves and heavy rains will become more frequent.";

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ClimateImpacts2007[i-1].body = "Due to incomplete data, the report does not include the possible warming impact of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that is escaping from melting permafrost.";

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