Oh Noooooeeessss!!!!!!!!!!!

From here:

Over 4.5 Billion people could die from Global Warming-related causes by XXXX
A recent scientific theory called the "hydrate hypothesis" says that historical global warming cycles have been caused by a feedback loop, where melting permafrost methane clathrates (also known as "hydrates") spur local global warming, leading to further melting of clathrates and bacterial growth.

In other words, like western Siberia, the 400 billion tons of methane in permafrost hydrate will gradually melt, and the released methane will speed the melting. The effect of even a couple of billion tons of methane being emitted into the atmosphere each year would be catastrophic.

It goes on quite a bit and closes with these paragraphs:

To summarize, human activity is causing the Earth to warm. Bacteria converts carbon in the soil into greenhouse gasses, and enormous quantities are trapped in unstable clathrates. As the earth continues to warm, permafrost clathrates will thaw; peat and soil microbial activity will dramatically increase; and, finally, vast oceanic clathrates will melt. This global warming chain reaction has happened in the past.

Atmospheric concentrations of CO2 rose by a record amount over the past year. It is the third successive year in which they have increased sharply. Scientists are at a loss to explain why the rapid rise has taken place, but fear the trend could be the first sign of runaway global warming.

Runaway Global Warming promises to literally burn-up agricultural areas into dust worldwide by XXXX, causing global famine, anarchy, diseases, and war on a global scale as military powers including the U.S., Russia, and China, fight for control of the Earth's remaining resources.

Over 4.5 billion people could die from Global Warming related causes by XXXX, as planet Earth accelarates into a greed-driven horrific catastrophe.

Oh yeah -- the XXXX in question is the year 2012. The journal cited (the here) is the January 8th, 2007 edition of The Canadian - Canada's new socially progressive and cross-cultural national newspaper. Looks like their science reporting is as good as ever -- from their issue dated November 23, 2012:

UFOs around Sun resemble foretold Galactic Obliteration Devices

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