Climate Impacts Potentially Immense, Overwhelming

[GliderGuider]

Climate Impacts Potentially Immense, Overwhelming



From the BBC:

This latest Summary for Policymakers document highlights the fact that the amount of scientific evidence on the impacts of warming has almost doubled since the last report in 2007.

In the words of the report, “increasing magnitudes of warming increase the likelihood of severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts”.

“Before this we thought we knew this was happening, but now we have overwhelming evidence that it is happening and it is real,” said Dr Saleemul huq, a convening lead author on one of the chapters.

From Climate Progress:

The report states:

“Relatively few studies have considered impacts on cropping systems for scenarios where global mean temperatures increase by 4°C [7°F] or more.
“… few quantitative estimates [of global annual economic losses] have been completed for additional warming around 3°C [5.4°F] or above.”

D’oh! You may wonder why hundreds of the world leading climate experts spend years and years doing climate science and climate projections, but don’t bother actually looking at the impacts of merely staying on our current carbon pollution emissions path — let alone looking at the plausible worst-case scenario (which is typically the basis for risk-reducing public policy, such as military spending).

Partly it’s because, until recently, climate scientists had naively expected the world to act with a modicum of sanity and avoid at all costs catastrophic warming of 7°F let alone the unimaginable 10°F (or higher) warming we are headed toward. Partly it’s because, as a recent paper explained, “climate scientists are biased toward overly cautious estimates, erring on the side of less rather than more alarming predictions.”

So, NOW is it time to do something? Not yet, huh? OK then!

[randys1]

1. US House submitting bill that says no, it doesnt exist

and we are wasting our time studying it ( i heard on Rachel last night I thought but cant find it on google)

that is what these morons are doing in our government and if you believe Nate Silver, the American people want MORE of these morons

I dont know what to say anymore...


http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/02/bill-nye-marsha-blackburn-climate-meet-the-press

I havent watched this video yet but I dont know how much more of this I can take, i really dont

[GliderGuider]

4. Isn't it great to be living in a third-world nation?

And speaking as a Canuck, I can say we're no more than 10 years behind the Yanks on this matter.

[hatrack]

7. Not to kick the Maple Leaf, but, geez, destroying scientific libraries to "save money"

You sure the Bushes don't have some Canadian cousins?

[GliderGuider]

9. "Little Stevie" Harper is W's long-lost twin brother.

Now desperate to gain approval in the eyes of his extended neocon family by being just as extreme.

[villager]

2. We will continue to "hope" for "change"

As long as the corporate bottom line isn't affected, of course!

[randys1]

3. can you imagine if cons controlled all of government?

[pscot]

5. If 2014 elections go as expected

we won't have to imagine it.

[Nihil]

6. From a historical (and global) perspective, they do.

It's only the shift of the nominal "right wing party" towards the extreme that makes the
nominal "left wing party" anything other than a "conservative" government at present.

[hatrack]

8. Is this a good time to invoke Hatrack's Law?

[Champion Jack]

10. like we could stop you?

[hatrack]

11. On second thought, don't want to wear out my welcome