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Too hot for Bush

Too hot for Bush president Bush may now be compelled to reconsider his climate change policy. The most comprehensive study conducted in the us about the potential greenhouse impacts details how major water problems could evolve over the next 50 years in the western parts of the country. Many people have heard about the impacts of global warming, but they typically do not grasp the ramifications of such changes. A degree or so of change in global mean temperature seems harmless enough. Most people are blissfully ignorant about regional or local climate changes that have significant adverse affects worldwide.

The study was conducted by more than two dozens scientists and engineers from organisations like the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the University of Washington, the us energy department and the us Geological Survey. The scientists began work two years ago, with observations made about the state of the world's oceans

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