date: Thu, 17 May 2001 20:53:27 +0200 from: "Ch. Koerner" to: Keith Briffa , t.m.melvin@uea.ac.uk, jgrace@srv0.bio.ed.ac.uk, pertti.Hari@Helsinki.fi, frank.berninger@Helsinki.fi, enikinma@silvia.helsinki.fi, emilia@PORTHOS.BIO.UB.ES, cescatti@cealp.it, Ch.Koerner@unibas.ch, Stephan.Haettenschwiler@unibas.ch, borghetti@unibas.it, federico@imgpf.fi.cnr.it Please sign this email! President Bush recently announced that the United States Government will not honor its commitments under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gases. The United States produce 25% of the world's carbon dioxide, a gas that is believed to be the main contributor to global warming. And account for 4% of the world population. Rising global temperatures are known to raise sea levels, and change precipitation and other climate conditions. Changing climates alter forests,crop yields, and water supplies. It could also threaten human health,and harm birds, fish, and many types of ecosystems. An increase in weather-related disasters will occur, deserts may expand into existing rangelands, densely populated coastal areas will flood and large numbers of peoplewill have to move. Show you disagree with the Bush Administration's decision to withdraw from the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on Global Warming. Urge President Bush to review his policy in this matter and devise a comprehensive plan to reduce US emissions of so-called greenhouse gases. Sign your name, town and country of residence at the bottom of this e-mail, copy the entire text of this e-mail (do NOT use the forward button), into a new message and send it to as many people as possible. If you see 100 people have signed this message before you, send this e-mail to the White House at president@whitehouse.gov to show Mr. Bush the world is watching. Then start a fresh copy of this message with your name as the first signer. Thank you. 1. Tom Gehrels, Toronto, Canada 2. Ren é Pottkamp, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 3. Beppechien Bruins Slot, Haarlem, the Netherlands 4. Marloes Kraan, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 5. Kim Knibbe, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 6. Jose Lima, Portugal 7. Rui Pereira, Lisboa, Portugal 8. Joao Alves, Lisboa, Portugal 9. Nuno Veríssimo, Lisboa, Portugal 10. Joao Sobral, Cascais, Portugal 11. Sven Harthun, Lisboa, Portugal 12. Kathrin Matischak, Darmstadt, Germany 13. Christian Löber, Marburg, Germany 14. Stefanie Michel, Wellington, New Zealand 15. Pierre Langer, Mainz, Germany 16. Inga Taubert, Mainz, Germany 17. Rotraut Jäger, Mainz, Germany 18. Thorsten Hess, Mainz, Germany 19. Thomas Schmidt, Hamburg, Germany 20. Nicole Schmitt, Hamburg, Germany 21. Jakob Wolfart, Oxford, United Kingdom 22. Bernhard Heitz, Frankfurt, Germany 23. Henrike Schröder, Paderborn, Germany 24. Cathie Hudnall, Norcross, Georgia 25. Peatsa C. Wallace, Norcross, Georgia 26. Julia E. Lange, Canton, Georgia 27. Agatha L. Desmond, Canton, Georgia 28. Carol A. Powers, Acworth, USA 29. Barbara Clarich, Acworth, USA 30. Erik Ethelfeld, Copenhagen, Denmark 31. Lotte Winkel, Copenhagen, Denmark 32. Henrik Bork, Copenhagen, Denmark 33. Karin Bjerregaard, Copenhagen Denmark 34. Mette Leerbeck, Copenhagen, Denmark 35. Camilla Jorgensen, Copenhagen, Denmark 36. Dorte Hansen, Bruxelles, Belgien 37. H. Saunio, Antwerpen, Belgium 38. Malin Söderman, Brussels, Belgium 40. Åsa Hedin, Uppsala, Sweden 41. Sara Russell, Sydney, Australia 42. Melanie Williams, Sydney, Australia 43. Gabriel Salas, Dubbo, Australia 44. Sonia Bazzacco, Dubbo, Australia 45. Mark Harris, Dubbo, Australia 46. Ann Smithson, Dubbo, Australia 47. Sandra Grey, Canberra, Australia 48. Signe Bokaer Wilkinson, Copenhagen, Denmark 49. Jesper Wang-Holm, Rohde St. Genese, Belgium 50. Jørgen Rønnow, Copenhagen, Denmark 51. Rene Pedersen, London, United Kingdom 52. Susanna Talia, Milano, Italy 53. Dario Bogani, Fenegrò, Italy 54. Daniele Bogani, Fenegrò, Italy 55. Marina Fracchia, Varese, Italy 56. Alexandros Haristos, Varese, Italy 57. Mike Andolfo, Milan, Italy 58. Anna Peroni, Brescia, Italy 59. Jenny White, San Francisco, USA 60. Diane Reed, Richmond, California, USA 61. Edward Reed, Richmond, CA, USA 62. Amy Khan, Decatur, GA, USA 63. Reinhard Kaiser, Atlanta, GA, USA 64. Nino Künzli, Basel, Switzerland 65. Christian Koerner, Basel, Switzerland _______________________________________________________ Prof. Ch. Koerner Institute of Botany University of Basel Schoenbeinstr. 6 CH-4056 Basel Phone: +41-61-267 35 10 Fax: +41-61-267 35 04 e-mail: ch.koerner@unibas.ch http://www.unibas.ch/botschoen/koerner