Balance of nature: global warming related to CO2 (Introduction)

by David Turell , Wednesday, January 08, 2025, 16:15 (14 days ago) @ dhw
edited by David Turell, Wednesday, January 08, 2025, 16:34

QUOTES: In all, this ice age lasted around 100 million years.

Our new study provides an original 80-million-year CO₂ record that tracks the climate during the descent into and emergence from the Late Paleozoic ice age.

DAVID: presented to balance the hype about global warming. Those who don't know history will have to relive it. (Santayana) Many counterbalancing forces produced our current comfortable climate. Lucky contingencies or planned by design? How much should we interfere with the processes?

dhw: Is global warming being “hyped”? Lay people like myself can only make judgements in accordance with the information we are given. Here, then, is the contrary view to David’s. No matter what website you consult, there is unanimity that the Earth's temperature is rising. One website says that the “average is 0.11° Fahrenheit (0.06° Celsius) per decade since 1850, or about 2° F in total. The rate of warming since 1982 is more than three times as fast: 0.36° F (0.20° C) per decade.” The ice-age article shows that climate changes may have taken millions of years, but if the current rate of warming is maintained, it will take 50 years for every 1 degree rise. And if the rate continues to increase as it is now doing, then of course it will take even fewer years. Here is another quote:

“Humans need to sweat to survive in warm conditions, and that's only possible if the combination of temperature and humidity – known as the wet-bulb temperature – stays below around 35°C. According to a 2012 study by scientists at MIT, this limit could be reached globally if our planet warms by around 12°C.”

Every rise will affect the environment, and the melting of the glaciers is one obvious and extremely dangerous warning sign. Human activity is generally recognized as being the cause of this rapid acceleration. Climate changes that took Nature millions of years may only require a few decades if action is not taken now. We are already “interfering with the processes”. That seems to be the cause of the problem.

The bold is the problem. You want force-fed 'facts'. Read Watts Up With That website and learn from weather/climate experts.