I finally got around to seeing the movie, “An Inconvenient Truth,” this past weekend, and, quite honestly, I was blown away (much like the levees in New Orleans). The film systematically makes a compelling case for the increasingly detrimental impact humans are having on the world’s climate. I am more convinced than ever that global warming is a reality and threatens our very existence as a species. I am not alone.

From the Washington Post:

Scientist Group Warns of Warming ‘Threat’

The board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the nation’s leading general science organization, yesterday issued a consensus statement declaring global climate change “a growing threat to society.”

The statement, released at a town hall meeting of school teachers in San Francisco, marked the first time that the board of the influential AAAS, publisher of the journal Science, has taken a stand on global warming. AAAS held its annual meeting there over the weekend and organized the town hall on climate change, along with the California Science Teachers Association, the National Science Teachers Association and the United Educators of San Francisco, a union group.

The board’s statement attributes Earth’s recent warming to human activity, noting: “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.”

The board called for “rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” warning: “Delaying action to address climate change will increase the environmental and societal consequences as well as the costs.” [full text]