Posted on 03/24/2016 10:12:33 AM PDT by PROCON
A sobering new report on the impact of climate change finds that extreme weather like killer storms and high-rising seas could be mere decades, not centuries, away.
The report, "Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise, and Superstorms," published Tuesday in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, says that the 2-degree Celsius (or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) global warming threshold previously agreed upon by global leaders and scientists is too high. The research in the 52-page report is derived from observations of ancient climate change -- "paleo-climatology" -- as well as observations of current climate shifts, and data from computer modeling to forecast where the planet is headed.
"So, the question arises again: Have we passed the point of no return?" asked lead author James Hensen, a former NASA climate scientist, in a video message that accompanied the study release.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
Me too, ever since the Great Blizzard of 1978.
“James Hansens latest doomsday paper falls flat on its face, grounds his flying boulders”
Why isn’t it ever happening right now?
[[A sobering new report]]
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Breath
Bahahahahahahaha!
Fake but accurate!
“YAWN”.
Its like a campfire that down to the hot coals. To stoke it up someone has to stir the coals and add new fuel. How else can these poor scientists justify their purpose and deserve renewed funding.
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