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Madonna is the “Live Earth” headline act for the UK leg of this seven-continent, 24-hour music marathon which it is said will do for the environment what Live 8! did for world poverty.

It’ll be seen by more than two billion people and some of biggest names in music will be helping Madge raise awareness about cutting CO2 emissions - one of the gases behind global warming. A consensus of scientists say that if we don’t act now, by 2050 a million species worldwide could be extinct and the Arctic Ocean may be ice free in the summer, leading to a dangerous rise in sea levels.

Madonna shares the live Earth bill with A-list artists such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kean and the Black Eyed Peas. She has also, we are told, written a new song calld ‘Hey You’ for the event and will perform it as the finale to the Wembley gig.

The Live Earth concerts will it is hoped help us all realise that we can all make a difference.

“Live Earth will launch a global campaign,”.

The organsiers say that:

“We hope it gives people around the world the tools they need to solve the climate crisis.”

Every little bit helps.

But do you still need convincing and do you want to read the facts reported in the technical papers written by the scientists, yourself? If so, then we have just the web site for you. Do it now, and be well informed for the concert next weekend.

The IPCC synthesis report 2001, shows that the earth warmed between 1900 and 1940, then subsequently cooled between 1941 and 1965, but surface temperatures have been warming ever since.

Data from millions of thermometer measurements taken from all over the world from as far back as 1860, allow calculation of average surface air temperatures.

This data is believed to be the most useful when describing the state of the global climate. It can be seen that 1998 is the warmest year on record, with the ten warmest all occurring since 1990. Records show that global temperature has risen by approximately 0.6°C since the beginning of the 20th century, and 0.4°C of this warming has occurred since the 1970s (UKCIP, 2002).

For much more information you could visit ‘Climate Change for Better or Worse’ web site, and in particular the Climate Change: Is it happening pages here.