2007 – IPCC scientists draw greater attention to the possibilities of climate change
Symptoms of a warming trend show up in the arctic and portions of Europe
The arctic ice cap has melted to such a degree that the fabled northwest passage, a direct shipping route from Europe to Asia by means of the Arctic Circle opens for the first time in history.
The United Kingdom deals with its worst drought conditions and in over 100 years prompting rationing of water.
The Mediterranean holiday island of Cyprus faces such dry conditions that a severe sandstorm erupts.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change makes its most concerned climate report to date
The IPCC issues an assessment stating that glacial shrinkage, ice loss and permafrost meltdown are definitive signs showing climate change as now actively in motion.
The United Nations begins meetings in New York with plans for continuation and expansion of the Kyoto protocols set to expire in 2012. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change regards global warming as unequivocal fact citing human industrial development as its cause.
Predictions of intense climate change at distant dates create mixed levels of concern
Global warming is cited as a major cause of endangerment to the Earth when the bulletin of atomic scientists officially sets the minute hand of the doomsday clock forward 2 minutes in deference to increased environmental danger to the Earth.
Predictions for massive floods, droughts and other climactic devastation are put forth in higher numbers by almost all members of the scientific community. The standard for future judgment of environmental effect continues to be placed at the year 2100 which in itself leaves most of the Earth’s population unconcerned.
Former United States Vice President Al Gore and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change share the Nobel Peace Prize.
