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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change believes: > a "runaway greenhouse effect" -- analogous to Venus -- appears to have virtually no chance of being i
by niftich 10y ago
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change believes:
> a "runaway greenhouse effect" -- analogous to Venus --
appears to have virtually no chance of being induced by anthropogenic activities. [1]
[1] http://www.ipcc.ch/meetings/session31/inf3.pdf http://www.ipcc.ch/meetings/session31/inf3.pdf
- bjourne 10y agoBut "virtually no chance" is not the same as "absolutely no chance". :/
- niftich 10y agoThey're being precise in their terminology. That line actually serves to frame the discussion in the linked paper: we won't befall the same fate as Venus, but they instead discuss other impacts that are more likely and require our consideration.