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Please keep in mind that most (nearly all?) of our climate models only include rising carbon emissions from human sources. Thawing permafrost and warming swamps
by simbolit 3y ago
Please keep in mind that most (nearly all?) of our climate models only include rising carbon emissions from human sources. Thawing permafrost and warming swamps and burning forests and such will (very likely) produce additional carbon(-equivalent greenhouse gases).
They use the beautiful term "Unrepresented Earth system feedback mechanisms" in this 2019 paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1368-z.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1368-z.pdf
Keep on alarming, doomer!
- Paul-Craft 3y agoHah. Yeah. The whole bit about climate tipping points, and how we've tripped (IIRC) 5 of them, and are in danger of tripping (IIRC again, sorry) another 8 or 9.... that's a whole other comment. I was literally telling my therapist about a week and a half ago that it's so frustrating that I'm probably one of the most "doom and gloom" people I know on these subjects, yet every time I've been proven wrong, it's because I haven't been pessimistic enough. I'm about ready to start cross dressing and change my name to Cassandra, lol.
- The_Stone 3y agoOne of my best friends when she transitioned literally did change her name to Cassandra because of this
- soupfordummies 3y agoOutside of therapy which you just mentioned, how are you coping with all of this "doom and gloom" ? How are you preparing for the worsening effects of climate change?