Posted on 08/15/2018 7:11:31 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A new paper, just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has received a lot of media attention. The attention is justified because the paper paints a very grim picture of the climate and what humans may be doing to it.
There are many really important insights from this paper. The authors wanted to know how feedbacks in the Earth’s climate will play a role in shaping the climate in the future. By feedbacks, we mean a change in one part of the climate that then causes another change, which in turn may cause another change, and so on, potentially setting up chain reactions.
Feedbacks are really important because they are changes that the natural system makes without being caused directly by humans.
A couple of things to note. First, we don’t actually know when these various feedbacks will be “tipped.” Scientists have educated guesses, but we really are not certain. Also, we don’t know how long they will take to tip. As an example, let’s say we pass the tipping point for a collapse of the Amazon Rainforest. That doesn’t mean it will die off immediately, but it means its death is likely or certain. But how long will it take? Years? Decades?
It just means humans should be more focused on taking action now to avoid triggering the tipping points. We don’t know where they are so let’s be safe and stay far away. The problem is, humans collectively are not doing enough. There still is time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. But, it is far too late to avoid all climate change – it is already here. What we are hoping for now is enough wisdom and will to at least stop short of going off these cliffs.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Just one volcano and a mega-earthquake and it will be game-over.
Only if you don’t believe that there is a sovereign God who controls it all.
If only even one of their predictions had come true in the last 20 years, one might begin to have a little piece of belief.
The atmospheric output from the entire race of Man is nothing but a pin prick on a mile long of Miami beach.
And of course those things will be our fault too.
Don’t be here after the Rapture of His body of believers ...
Did you miss the memo? It’s the Jews that are controlling the weather. It was even reported right here on FReerepublic.
So now it’s not 5 years or 10 years or even 50 years. It could be 100 or 500 years but terrible things are you going to happen just wait and see. And it’s all our fault. Weren’t we in the Little Ice Age about 250 years ago?
To celebrate, I am going to buy an apple, paint some ALAR on it and eat it . . . the old “manufacture a crisis so they can save us from it” model is way past worn out and ineffective. Your ilk has cried wolf too many times. WE DON’T BELIEVE YOU!!!!!!!
The sky is falling all over the place for you, isn’t it...
The only thing Obama ever did was send $$$$ to the UN and Africa.
Come to think about it....that is all Clinton and GWB ever did too.
Congress is where all funding is supposed to start.
It is long since time that this power be returned to where the Constitution says it belongs.
Congress.
Not the President, not the Supreme Court, not the UN
China is responsible for at least 50% of the filth we see in the air...and elsewhere.
The smell of desperation as the catcalls from the audience increase is becoming obvious and they can’t hide the aroma any longer. “Let’s raise our voices an octave and squeal. That will be convincing.”
Climate change = evolution. False religion!
Bill Clinton had 1000 “scientists” that signed a consensus paper on global warming. One scientist was a barber.
Radio activity in the core of the earth generates about half of the earths heat and the sun generates the other half. The sun is in a hotter cycle which everyone ignores. The largest greenhouse gas is water. Humidity is 0 to 100% which is also ignored.
When we get there, we will throw the Progressives off the cliff, restoring Gaia’s balance, and living happily ever-after.
The End.
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