2005 set greenhouse gas record

November 3rd, 2006 2005 set greenhouse gas record (AP)

An iceberg melts in Kulusuk, Greenland near the arctic circle Tuesday Aug, 16, 2005. Unchecked global warming will devastate the world economy on the scale of the world wars and the Great Depression, a British government report said Monday Oct 30 2006, as the country launched a bid to convince doubters that environmentalism and economic growth can coincide. Sir Nicholas Stern, the senior government economist who wrote the report, said that acting now to cut greenhouse gas emissions would cost about 1 percent of global GDP each year. (AP Photo/John McConnico)

(AP) -- Heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2005 and are still increasing, the U.N. weather agency said Friday.



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