全球最大的科學協會「美國尖端科學協會」於2月18日發出關於氣候變遷的緊急警告。「重要的溫室氣體——二氧化碳，在大氣中的濃度至少比65萬年前還高，地球平均溫度也正在增加，而這是數百萬年所未見。」
全球暖化並非理論，美國尖端科學協會（the American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS）的董事會在其關於氣候變遷的共識聲明中表示，全球暖化是基於「不斷湧入的資訊」而得知的事實。這項聲明發表於協會在舊金山舉行的年會上。
董事會表示，「石化燃料的使用以及砍伐森林所產生的溫室氣體，在大氣中濃度增加所造成的影響，其結果在科學預測報告與人類實際觀察到的現象相符。如同預期的結果，更嚴峻的乾旱、熱浪、洪水、野火與猛烈的暴風雨正在發生，脆弱的生態體系以及社群也在不斷增加。」
董事會已於2006年12月9日證實，在兩個多月前，政府間氣候變遷專家小組在關於氣候變遷的議題也發表了類似的聲明。美國尖端科學協會警告，「若延遲抵抗氣候變遷的行動，將會加劇對環境及社會的影響，也包括成本的增加。等待對抗氣候變遷的時間愈長，這項任務也將更艱鉅並且耗費更多經費。」
The leaders of the world's largest general scientific society issued an imperative climate change warning Sunday. "The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, a critical greenhouse gas, is higher than it has been for at least 650,000 years. The average temperature of the Earth is heading for levels not experienced for millions of years."
Global warming is not a theory, it is a fact based on a "growing torrent of information," said the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS, in its first consensus statement on climate change. The statement was issued at the association's annual meeting in San Francisco, which concludes today.
"Scientific predictions of the impacts of increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases from fossil fuels and deforestation match observed changes. As expected, intensification of droughts, heat waves, floods, wildfires, and severe storms is occurring, with a mounting toll on vulnerable ecosystems and societies," the board said.
Approved by the board on December 9, 2006, nearly two months before a similar statement by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the AAAS statement warns, "Delaying action to address climate change will increase the environmental and societal consequences as well as the costs. The longer we wait to tackle climate change, the harder and more expensive the task will be."
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