The Times: Rapid rise in global warming is forecast

[arenean]

From 'The Times' of London:

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The oceans are losing the capacity to soak up rising man-made carbon emissions, which is increasing the rate of global warming by up to 30 per cent, scientists said yesterday.

Researchers have found that the Southern Ocean is absorbing an ever-decreasing proportion of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The excess carbon, which cannot be absorbed by the oceans, will remain in the atmosphere and accelerate global warming, they said.

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Full depressing article here:

The Times

[kurth]

1. And we let this administration WASTE 8 years

We are fucked.

[sam sarrha]

2. the tundra melts and releases Methane hydrate, may accelerate things exponentially, if the Methanehy

along the coastal areas warms too much it can Detonate.. this happened at the end of the last ice age. it threw so many cubic miles of dust into the stratosphere they it set the end of the ice age warming back 5000 years

[sam sarrha]

3. we have let them dismantle the Constitution and start a holy war killing 650,000, Muslims, and now

we are about to start WW4 if not Armageddon by nuking Iran, bankrupted the country, sold our employment infrastructure to China and Mexico, allowed an invasion of over 20,000,000 Mexicans who will soon be given amnesty and bring at least 8 people each from mexico with them 100,000,000+ our infrastructure cant handle... what the hell make it 20 years.. WE ARE TOAST ANYWAY

[Dogmudgeon]

4. The 160 million Mexican Invasion!

Get a grip, Sam ... the current population of Mexico is about 105 million, and the actual "invasion" is certainly under the 12 million that Tom Tancredo claims.

Besides, the next time we righteous Americans are looking for devils to beat on, we can conduct a cozy little next-door war instead of having to travel halfway around the world to flex our muscles. Killing non-white people can be such a drag! After Vietnam and Iraq, we'll deserve a break.

--p!

[Dead_Parrot]

6. Not a long-term problem...

OK, so 5 years from now the US will be a bankrupt, toxic wasteland with no topsoil with the remaining water so full of PCBs the crematoriams will go out business because the corpses won't burn, but at least the scary Mexicans won't want to go anywhere near it.

So that's one problem less. :)

[Javaman]

10. You got that right.

everyone is bitching about CO2, but there is virtually not a single peep about methane. Once the siberian perma frost goes, all bets are off. We will suddenly become and ex-species.

[GliderGuider]

5. Anyone who wants an education in why we will do nothing until its too late

Read the comments on the Times article. Go to the bottom and click on the "Read all xx comments" link. That's far more depressing than the article itself.

[Delphinus]

7. OK, GG, reading them now.

I am NOT a scientist, nor do I play one on TV. But I think I understand the implications of this article. Not so sure about those in the comments part. It seems the fighting and disinformation continues.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. I liked one of them

"This story directly contradicts republican family values, so it must be wrong. Besides, if there was really any problem God would protect us just like he protected the people in the twin towers on 9/11."

Luckily, "Have Your Say" comments replying to media stories aren't at all representative. A BBC radio programme today was commenting on how the volume of pro-BNP supporters on the BBC's "Have Your Say" pages would have made you think they would win most of the local elections a few weeks ago. Instead, they only won 10 out of over 10,000 seats. Whether it really is disinformation, or just fools who object the moment they see something that doesn't fit their fixed views, I don't know. People who accept the findings as reliable, and add it to the huge list of causes for concern, aren't so likely to bother putting up a comment.

[kestrel91316]

9. The oceans are becoming saturated with CO2, so they will no longer

function as an active sink. Atmospheric CO2 buildup will accelerate from here. I bet this is why we are seeing so much "unforseen", rapid melting.