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> The IPCC reports are quite conservative. The reason the 2021 reports were so dire is because they began including some of the feedback loop modeling the scien
by pier25 5y ago
> The IPCC reports are quite conservative. The reason the 2021 reports were so dire is because they began including some of the feedback loop modeling the scientists preparing the report have become more confident in. More is in the pipeline.
And what's even more frustrating is that we've known about these feedbacks for 15-20? years.
I've been reading about climate change and feedbacks for the past decade and I'm just part of the general public.
- doublepg23 5y agoOil companies knew about climate change in the _1980s_ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobil_climate_change_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobil_climate_change_cont...
- scruple 5y agoI suspect they knew well before the 1980s. [0][1] [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lgzz-L7GFg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lgzz-L7GFg [1]: https://climate.nasa.gov/blog/447/unchained-goddess/ https://climate.nasa.gov/blog/447/unchained-goddess/
- pier25 5y agoClimate change was well known before that. There's actually a report to Lyndon Johnson in 1965 about the dangers of climate change. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2015/nov/05/scientists-warned-the-president-about-global-warming-50-years-ago-today https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97...