Depressing ...

The Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has been released. For those you who don't want to read the whole thing, the New York Times article "Science Panel Calls Global Warming ‘Unequivocal’" is a good summary. You may also want to check the other NYT resources on the global warming and Wayne's comments at Niches.

I am depressed, not so much because we humans are having an adverse effect on the planet but because of a stubborn refusal by the current administration to face facts that are inconvenient. Mistakes can be fixed and damage reversed (albeit very slowly in this case) but only once accepting that there's a problem and a responsibility to help solve it. Refusing to participate in the Kyoto Protocol and pressuring scientists to change their findings may win political points and campaign donations, but it won't prevent a world without penguins and polar bears.