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To put things in perspective We've already warmed up the planet by about 1C from pre-industrial times, and...well, pretty much nothing consequential happened
by thow-58d4e8b 5y ago
To put things in perspective
We've already warmed up the planet by about 1C from pre-industrial times, and...well, pretty much nothing consequential happened
Based on the most likely temperature impacts of the most realistic emission scenarios, we're looking at an additional 0.8C (optimistic) to 1.5C (pessimistic) on top of that by the end of the century, with the temperatures plateauing shortly afterwards. No, Earth will not become the next Venus, nor will Greenland and Antarctic melt (it's -30C there right now)
- adrianN 5y agoYou assume linear relationships between temperature and "bad things happening", but the climate system is not linear at all.
- dTal 5y agoGreenland is literally melting. Google it.
- taneq 5y agolooks around Yep, yeah, nothing consequential happening around the world. No widespread unprecedented flash floods in multiple areas of the globe simultaneously. No megafires burning on multiple continents. No temperature records being broken and re-broken by wide margins multiple times a year every single year. Nothing really at all. I don't know what they're talking about. ...is "Greenland and the Antarctic are still cold" really your hot take on climate change?