This is a classic article from New Scientist’s archive, republished as part of our 50th anniversary celebrations
A TALKING point at this year’s annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science was the likelihood of a warming “green-house effect” produced by a build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. So far, most predictions about the consequences of this have been rather vague, accurately reflecting deficiencies in present-day understanding of the mechanisms of climatic change. But a team at the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, UK, has now come up with a more detailed scenario for a warmer world. The…
