tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579549341020421678.post1723323947039461746..comments2024-01-16T13:06:15.270-06:00Comments on Climate Change: The Next Generation: Significantly warmer Arctic surface temperatures during the Pliocene indicated by multiple independent proxies by A. P. Ballantyne et al., Geology, 38 (July 2010)Tenney Naumerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843130378338023902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579549341020421678.post-52538674567734600632010-07-07T10:39:51.250-05:002010-07-07T10:39:51.250-05:00ok ccpo, make my day by reminding me of this -- it...ok ccpo, make my day by reminding me of this -- it is all too trueTenney Naumerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11843130378338023902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579549341020421678.post-52731452171408288512010-07-07T08:58:10.562-05:002010-07-07T08:58:10.562-05:00Yup. Add to that, most people seem to be thinking ...Yup. Add to that, most people seem to be thinking in terms of the "by" dates rather than the process. Ironically, we are fond of saying it's the journey that counts, not the destination.<br /><br />By failing to pay attention to the fact that we *don't* get a free ride *to* the "by" date, then we suddenly have all these troubles, but that we actually are making our way through ever more dangerous mine fields till we get to the point where anywhere we step is fraught with danger, they fail to see the true chaotic nature of what awaits.<br /><br />That is, they don't get that all these forces interacting in all these strange and (unpleasantly) wonderful ways is going to have overall impacts that have us in deep doo-doo long before the "by" dates.<br /><br />Not to mention the "by" dates are all fatally optimistic.<br /><br />Cheersccpohttp://www.pri-de.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579549341020421678.post-73224302239188744422010-07-05T20:06:57.046-05:002010-07-05T20:06:57.046-05:00I think the oceans will die long before the temper...I think the oceans will die long before the temperatures get that high -- the destruction of the ocean floor fauna by trawling is much, much greater than most people are aware.Tenney Naumerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11843130378338023902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579549341020421678.post-23512891773818524842010-07-05T18:36:08.022-05:002010-07-05T18:36:08.022-05:00We are already at 390 ppm
Have you ever watched o...<a href="ftp://ftp.cmdl.noaa.gov/ccg/co2/trends/co2_mm_mlo.txt" rel="nofollow">We are already at 390 ppm</a><br /><br />Have you ever watched one of those action flicks where there's a slo-mo explosion, and Our Hero is running full out, the flames blooming out behind him? Yeah, like that. Except that there's no way that we'll be able to out-run this blast. Offset climate change? Nope. Too late. The change has already happened and now it's just the shock wave blooming out, earth's systems catching up.<br /><br />A lot of people still think that it's the heat that'll do us in. It's not. It's the rapid change. How rapid? The odds are that we'll see an increase of four to six degrees Celsius by 2100. What this study says is that a lot of that extra heat will be migrating to the poles. The feeling that I get is that the equator will heat up some, but that the poles will be exponentially warmer. So, in a way, this is good news. Those 4-7 degrees will be spread out. <br /><br />Change, change, change; it's all about holding it together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com