Posted on 09/21/2017 7:51:18 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Climate change will have sent Earth on the way to its sixth mass extinction in less than a lifetime, new research warns.
By the year 2100, about 310 gigatons of carbon will have been added to the oceans - a potential 'tipping point' for ecological disaster, according to the study.
When CO2 dissolves into the ocean - as in the case of the End-Permian mass extinction - life on Earth is at risk.
Professor Daniel Rothman from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology came up with a simple mathematical formula to predict when the next mass extinction would take place.
The formula predicts that by the end of the century oceans will hold enough carbon to launch a mass extermination of species in the future.
The model showed the critical extra amount required is about 310 gigatons, which is around the best case scenario projected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
And it's well below the worst of more than 500 gigatons that would far exceed the line.
In all scenarios the study found by the end of the century the carbon cycle will either be close to, or well beyond, the threshold for catastrophe.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
How convenient that Professor Daniel Rothman won’t be around to answer for his prediction. What does he think will happen next month?
The earth and it's atmosphere is a closed system, nothing is added to it.
Where did the carbon come from???? Oh, the earth. Where is it going???? Oh, the earth.
310 gigatons of carbon will not be added, just moved and re-cycled.
What did the constipated mathematician do?
He worked it out with a pencil
Nonsense. If Powerball and Mega Millions are honest games, there is no “math” to “figuring them out”. They’re random numbers.
And, no liberals will be allowed entry. ;-)
If human-caused climate change is going to cause this 6th extinction event, who/what caused the other 5 extinction events?
Interesting article about acidification of the oceans.
https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/co2/story/What+is+Ocean+Acidification%3F
Yes, much of what the left is doing in climate change is to take control of our lives. They have lied about the research. They are vomit inducing hypocritical. But I do have some concern about what is happening to the oceans. Moving toward environmentally friendly sources of renewable power is a good thing and, unlike most here, I do not mock the general goal. If we ultimately get to the place, after capital expenditure, that we get almost “free” power from the sun, that’s good. As long as there is a balance that allows us to move that way without destroying jobs and the world economy and giving the elitists control over our daily lives, I am fine with the efforts. I try to lead my own life as if I am renting my space here and I want God to give me back my security deposit.
Flame away if you like, but I am not going to respond. Just giving an opinion.
Oh well, I won’t be here for it. /s
Must be using that newfangled math.....someone should make him check his work and show it clearly...
Let’s see your data, you fraud!
Darn, don't tell me that I'm going to miss another one. I missed the first five, so I thought that, for sure, I would get to see this one ... but NOOOOOOOOO ...
310 GIGATONS!!??
...about 310 gigatons of carbon...
Now, THAT is a sh*tload of pencils!
Day after tomorrow, if I read this right:
I predict, with 99% certainty, that is mathematician will not be here to be called out on his incorrect prediction when it proves to be wrong.
No reason to flame, I agree with you and the goals of actual environmentalism, just not the Marxist left pushing an agenda as “science”.
Dinosaurs drove SUVs.
You know, I’m rethinking Mao’s cultural revolution.
Maybe it wasn’t a such bad idea taking all the academics and sending them out to do actual work in the farms.
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