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What if we are wrong about global warming and this summer will be 5-10C warmer than average every day?

by ipnon 7y ago

peteradio 7y ago
That is the wrong interpretation. It is a shift in the date of the turn on curve, not a bump in the plateau of 5-10C, that would be end of days bro.
- drocer88 7y ago
  FYI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesozoic#Climate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesozoic#Climate The climate of the Cretaceous is less certain and more widely disputed. Probably, higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are thought to have almost eliminated the north-south temperature gradient: temperatures were about the same across the planet, and about 10°C higher than today.
  - Hokusai 7y ago
    > about 10°C higher than today That is astonishing. Imaging how much energy takes to warm your home 10°C, how much more will take warm a museum or a stadium. Now apply that to the entire planet. Storms in the Cretaceous were probably no fun with so much extra energy.
    - jjeaff 7y ago
      I could be wrong, but a more homogenous temp across the globe seems like it would result in milder storms. Since temperature gradients account for a lot of storm activity.
  - dvdkhlng 7y ago
    FYI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faint_young_Sun_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faint_young_Sun_paradox Solar radiation intensity has been increasing gradually since the earth was formed. Current sun intensity may not allow for the same CO2 concentrations that earth tolerated in prehistoric times.
- throwaway5752 7y ago
  "that would be end of days bro." That is why climate scientists have been trying to change the phrasing to "Climate emergency". It is not a shift in seasonal changes, summers will get warmer, also.
  - aldoushuxley001 7y ago
    I prefer: climate alarmists vs climate realists
  - peteradio 7y ago
    Do you honestly believe that the cause of a 5-10C average in Feb/March is not due to a shift, but will actually materialize into +10-20F average over this Summer?

What if we are wrong about global warming and this summer will be 5-10C warmer than average every day?

by ipnon 7y ago

What if we are wrong about global warming and this summer will be 5-10C warmer than average every day?

That is the wrong interpretation. It is a shift in the date of the turn on curve, not a bump in the plateau of 5-10C, that would be end of days bro.

drocer88 7y ago
FYI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesozoic#Climate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesozoic#Climate The climate of the Cretaceous is less certain and more widely disputed. Probably, higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are thought to have almost eliminated the north-south temperature gradient: temperatures were about the same across the planet, and about 10°C higher than today.
- Hokusai 7y ago
  > about 10°C higher than today That is astonishing. Imaging how much energy takes to warm your home 10°C, how much more will take warm a museum or a stadium. Now apply that to the entire planet. Storms in the Cretaceous were probably no fun with so much extra energy.
  - jjeaff 7y ago
    I could be wrong, but a more homogenous temp across the globe seems like it would result in milder storms. Since temperature gradients account for a lot of storm activity.
- dvdkhlng 7y ago
  FYI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faint_young_Sun_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faint_young_Sun_paradox Solar radiation intensity has been increasing gradually since the earth was formed. Current sun intensity may not allow for the same CO2 concentrations that earth tolerated in prehistoric times.
throwaway5752 7y ago
"that would be end of days bro." That is why climate scientists have been trying to change the phrasing to "Climate emergency". It is not a shift in seasonal changes, summers will get warmer, also.
- aldoushuxley001 7y ago
  I prefer: climate alarmists vs climate realists
- peteradio 7y ago
  Do you honestly believe that the cause of a 5-10C average in Feb/March is not due to a shift, but will actually materialize into +10-20F average over this Summer?