Report: Some climate damage already irreversible

AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/26/09 | Randolph E. Schmid - ap

[NormsRevenge]

WASHINGTON – Many damaging effects of climate change are already basically irreversible, researchers declared Monday, warning that even if carbon emissions can somehow be halted temperatures around the globe will remain high until at least the year 3000.

"People have imagined that if we stopped emitting carbon dioxide the climate would go back to normal in 100 years, 200 years; that's not true," climate researcher Susan Solomon said in a teleconference.

Solomon, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colo., is lead author of an international team's paper reporting irreversible damage from climate change, being published in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

[NormsRevenge]

Tell it to the dinosaurs .. and the dinosaur media.

[jwalsh07]

Americans are an amazing people, we have been able to do to Gaia what the Universe has been unable to do for billions of years. Destroy her!

[omega4179]

How can something that doesn’t exist be irreversible.

[Argus]

What kind of scientist would predict with certainty what the climate will be in the year 3000? This is just such obvious baloney it takes one’s breath away.

Here in SoCal the local weather forecasters blew a ONE DAY PREDICTION today. Yesterday they predicted we’d have rain and snow tonight into tomorrow. What we have is nada.

This woman is a politically motivated charlatan.

[oldvike]

Those global warming scientists are just looney toons. Frankly, I just can’t believe people even listen to them anymore. Our country has lost its colletive mind. Please, somebody wake me from this nightmare.

[R_Kangel]

The Earth is part of a giant machine!

And we are not in control of it, we are only along for the ride.

[two23]

Second sentence starts with:

"People have imagined......"

Yes, they have

[dalereed]

This clown is telling me I’m going to be cold for the rest of my lifr, I want heat noe!

[3niner]

Since it’s so terrible, everyone who believes this crap should go kill themselves.

[steelyourfaith]

I was taught in grade school that the ice age glaciers formed the great lakes ... somehow I don't think this is what the ecotards are alluding to here.

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[Oldeconomybuyer]

We are doomed unless we pay trillions in carbon credits to third-world parasites.

[Frank_2001]

Good question! Here’s a truly terrifying scenario for the year 3000:

The Islamic Republic of Earth

The Islamic Republic of Mars

[EGPWS]

Many damaging effects of climate change are already basically irreversible, researchers declared Monday, warning that even if carbon emissions can somehow be halted temperatures around the globe will remain high until at least the year 3000.

We are sooooo screwed since we have passed trust to government and dissed our creator for a "feel good" addiction.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

The damage is done. Al Gore has gotten filthy rich off of this scam.

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

"People have imagined that if we stopped emitting carbon dioxide the climate would go back to normal in 100 years, 200 years; that's not true," climate researcher Susan Solomon said in a teleconference.

Well Susan, you don't mind if I call you "Susan" do you? Just exactly what is your definition of a "normal" climate? Oh, and by the way, just what did you do to qualify as a "climate researcher" anyway?

Pea brain

Regards,
GtG

[EGPWS]

How can something that doesn’t exist be irreversible.

And then came political agenda....

[EGPWS]

The damage is done.
Al Gore has gotten filthy rich off of this scam.

From those who have not to those who have.

[cripplecreek]

Well I sure wish they could reverse this winter. We’ve had one of the longest hard cold spells I can remember.

[Tenacious 1]

Many damaging effects of climate change are already basically irreversible, researchers declared Monday, warning that even if carbon emissions can somehow be halted temperatures around the globe will remain high until at least the year 3000.

Will Remain High? The temperatures of today =/- 2 degree's is what allowed the glaciers to thaw and for humans to evolve.

By the year 3,000? By then we'll have some accurate statistical data and we will have likely gone through at least one other "little Ice Age." I'm sure some point and click scientist will explain this as having to do with human behavior.

By the way, will somebody tell him that the earth has been cooling now for almost 5 years. That's probably the result of Global Warming as well.

Have you ever noticed that a 5-year fluctuation in temperature going down is irrelevant to MMGW nuts but a 5-year warming period was always proof positive of it. When global temperatures drop, we need to understand the long term aspect of global warming. But when it is a warmer year than the previous, we're all going to die in catastrophic floods within the next 20 years.

[muawiyah]

Solomon, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colo.,is attempting to justify her budget to the new President and the Democrat controlled Congress.

Right now is a critical time in the normal budget cycle ~ this is when they submit their capital requests for the next fiscal year ~ Feb/March. If Solomon wants her office redecorated at a cost of more than $10,000 (or whatever the current amount is) she needs this special approval. If she wants a new building, or an extra satellite, she has to submit the request now, and get it approved for inclusion in the appropriations NEXT YEAR.

Operating budget items follow a different time-track.