American
Institute of Physics: Governments have wasted too much time
to successfully implement some of the easiest strategies to
reduce carbon dioxide emissions says Rosina Bierbaum of the
University of Michigan. Bierbaum was speaking at the American
Institute of Physics Industrial Physics Forum held in Seattle,
Wahsington. Nor will simply relying on adaptation strategies be
sufficient to deal with the impending impacts of climate
change. "Any measures are only going to get more costly and
difficult to implement" as time goes on, she said, quoting an
old proverb: "It is easier to close the jaws of an alligator
when they are small....Our alligator is entering its rebellious
adolescence."
