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Do we have a good grasp on what that means? I'm not trying to deny climate change but if I'm honest I don't know what it means for the carbon dioxide levels to
by xupybd 9y ago
Do we have a good grasp on what that means? I'm not trying to deny climate change but if I'm honest I don't know what it means for the carbon dioxide levels to by the highest in 800,000 years.
Is the temperature response linear?
Are there other dangers involved in changing the composition of our atmosphere?
Is the response likely to self regulate or avalanche out of control?
Is being the highest in 800,000 actually a significant point or is it just a bad sign?
- shusson 9y agoMy concern is that we are experimenting with a precious and unique system.
- zaarn 9y agoAnswers in order: We dont' know. 5 times. The rapid and huge increase in CO2 is to my knowledge unprecedented. We did have similar CO2 levels in the past but never in such a rapid incline, only after thousands if not millions of years time for everything else to respond. We could be causing a The-Day-After-Tomorrow-Scenario. Or something like 2012. Or Mad Max. We simply don't know but considering the parts we do know, it's likely that whatever happens is not good. A 400ppm Level of CO2 was considered a symbolic point of no return and we have passed it a while ago.