Quotes of the Day

Clouds of emissions over Ulan Bator, Mongolia 13 December 2008
Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2009

Open quoteWe may be committing our planet to major sea-level rises that will lose us many coastal communities.Close quote

  • STEFAN RAHMSTORF,
  • professor at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Change, warning that ocean levels will rise by tens of meters if greenhouse gases are not controlled in the next 50 years
Photo: Peter Oetzmann / EPA / Corbis | Source: The Times (UK)