It seems that Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2006 is also the cause of global warming. The U.N. climate panel recently mentioned that global warming has begun and it is very likely caused by man. Aside from that, the panel also said that global warming will be unstoppable for centuries.

The report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change forecasted that there'll be more rain, powerful storms, droughts and heatwaves, and a slow rise in sea levels due to the rising temperatures. They added that "Most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic (human) greenhouse gas concentrations."

By very likely, the IPCC means that there is a 90% probability that human activities is the cause behind most of the warming in the past 50 years. In a 2001 report, there was just a 66% probability.

The IPCC is the most authoritative group on warming and it has 2,500 scientists from more than 130 nations. It also estimates that temperatures would go up between 1.8 and 4.0 degrees Celsius in the 21st century within a rang of 1.1 to 6.4 Celsius,

So much for being the Time Person of the Year.