Hello Crisis-forumers,
I know many of you are aware of the Arctic Methane Emergency Group
(AMEG), largely through
discussions with John Nissen on Crisis-forum on the critical issues
that flow from the
rapidly rising temperatures in recent decades in the Arctic and the
ominous consequences
that flow from that, starting from the highly significant reductions
in the volume of the Arctic ice
sheet in recent years.
The fundamental objective of AMEG is to bring to the rapidly
deteriorating situation in the Arctic
to the attention of as many people as possible, with priority be given
to the scientific community
who are best placed to confirm or repudiate AMEG's analysis, and to
the political world especially
governments, who are much better placed than any other organisations
to take the necessary
action to take action to stop and reverse the current situation.
Part of the AMEG rationale is that by alerting as many people as
possible to the current situation,
a growing awareness will help to ensure that governments,(in the early
stages, in all probability,
the UK government), will rise to the challenge that threatens to
become the dominant factor in runaway
global warming.
To this end, in the wake of several significant initiatives taken this
year, AMEG has launched a new
blog focused on publicising the Arctic emergency, explaining the
nature of the emergency, keeping
subscribers up-to-date on the latest developments as the Arctic
crisis unfolds and overseeing the
inevitable debates that can be expected when the established
scientific paradigm on the role of the
Arctic in influencing the world's climate is challenged fundamentally.
The blog can be accessed at:-
http://a-m-e-g.blogspot.co.uk/
Please visit the blog. I recognise that if it does provoke you to a
response, and I really trust it will, you
will be faced with the dilemma of replying on CRISIS-FORUM or to the
blog. AMEG will be able to sort
that out. Discussions can be moved from one site to another and can be
run in parallel. But the different
nature of the two 'modes of communication' should allow an easy
differentiation to develop.
Best wishes,
Brian Orr
AMEG member
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