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I just can't get over, what seems to be the masses apathy regarding this issue.

• King-Aaron 10y ago
  It's because a vast percentage of the population who do hear about this news live in urban areas. Climate change is something that's talked about on TV, but when they're cold or hot, they have a thermostat to fix that. Because it's not directly affecting these people, they literally don't care due to "all the other things in their lives" that take priority. I'm sure if you are a pacific islander who's whole Island gets consumed by the ocean, you'll be pretty direct in your attitude towards climate change. But it's going to be so far beyond too late by the time that happens to an urbanised area, that even if a good sized city goes into the drink and people wake up, we won't be able to fix it. The pessimist inside me says we've already passed that point, and I've seen studies that agree. Doesn't help the existential feeling of dread, knowing that there is a slim yet real possibility that everything will go tits-up in our life time.
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• T-A 10y ago
  I can. The IPCC is targeting a 1.5C limit to global warming, while some say that we should study a worst-case scenario 4C increase in temperature [1]. The linked article [2] concludes that carbon release from thawing permafrost doubles if you increase temperature by 10C. [1] http://www.climatecentral.org/news/governments-should-study-worst-case-warming-20325 http://www.climatecentral.org/news/governments-should-study-... [2] http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate3054.html http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nc...