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That's already widely accepted. Also accepted is that at some point it becomes a bad thing. Boiling the oceans is a hyperbolic example, there's clearly an idea
by itishappy 3y ago
That's already widely accepted.
Also accepted is that at some point it becomes a bad thing. Boiling the oceans is a hyperbolic example, there's clearly an ideal temperature range.
Not accepted is what that threshold is and where we're headed, because current trends don't look like any warming or cooling cycles in human history.
- archontes 3y agoIt's less hyperbolic than you might imagine. Water vapor is also a greenhouse gas. On a long timeline, I believe it is possible to follow a chain of CO2 increasing the temperature until we get uncontrolled CH4 emission that will then increase temperatures until we get into a positive feedback loop of increasing water vapor. I have read that this is likely how Venus became a hot dry ball.