BRITISH STUDY PREDICTS FIVE DEGREE TEMPERATURE RISE

ROGER HARRABIN, BBC - The world is likely to suffer a temperature rise
of more than 3C (5.4F], says the UK government's chief scientist. That
would cause drought and famine and threaten millions of lives, said
Professor David King in a report based on computer predictions. The
government report says a 3C rise would cause:

- A drop worldwide of between 20 and 400 million tons in cereal crops

- About 400 million more people at risk of hunger

- Between 1.2bn and 3bn more people at risk of water stress

At such a temperature, it said, few ecosystems (like natural forests)
could adapt; half of nature reserves would cease to be worthwhile and a
fifth of coastal wetlands would be lost.

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