California gets dire warning on global warming

San Jose Mercury News by Matt Nauman | Nov. 14, 2008 (Special Report)

Roads and bridges, the water supply, agriculture, public health and even winter skiing all will be affected by global climate change, said the report by University of California-Berkeley agricultural and resource economics professors David Roland-Holst and Fredrich Kahrl.

The report said damage could reach many billions of dollars per year. In real estate alone, up to $2.5 trillion of the state's $4 trillion worth of homes and other buildings are ... Full Story »

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by Naomi Isler - Nov. 15, 2008

It provides a bleak view of California's future from a respected academic institution. Of course, the story can't go into the underpinnings of the report - how the figures were derived. It's probably intended to get the attention of policy makers.

If you think this is scary, there's an excellent book by James McPhee called "Deconstructing California", and a chapter in "The Control of Nature" on part of California. Apparently the place is ecologically dangerous enough even before global warning comes into play!