Don't you find Global Warming annoying?

[Raeven0]

Scientists say climate change overhyped

Even government agencies have been criticised for overselling climate change. When the Environment Agency publicised research on global warming over the next 1,000 years, it predicted cataclysmic change; temperature rises of 15C and sea levels increasing by 11m. The agency said action was needed now.

But this isn't how the study's lead author, Dr Tim Lenton sees it. His research shows if you did nothing for a century you would still only get a fraction of the worst case scenario. He says there's consternation among scientists at the presentation of their science by the Environment Agency. Scientists would have liked to have seen a more balanced picture presented.

Clive Bates, head of environment policy at the agency, says it's simply a case of Dr Lenton not understanding the way the media works. "He was involved in signing off the press release, there is nothing in there that is actually incorrect."

 

[Shinobi]

Scientists say climate change overhyped

could you post a proper link to this study.... it would be nice to see what a scientist with proper credentials against the whole thing has to say

 

[Greatgat]

The huge majority that only exists because you'll get chased out of the field if you pose any alternate data?

http://www.denverpost.com/harsanyi/ci_3899807

Actually, I live in Denver. Yeah, a lot of us weren't happy with that article. I think the best proof is to take a look around the temps across the good ol' US and the world and see people aren't exactly dropping in the streets from contentment.

 

[Sebastian]

Well ours was. It was the worst summer on record.

Sounds like someone has a case of the mondays.

 

[Krynn72]

Sounds like someone has a case of the mondays.

 

[Raeven0]

could you post a proper link to this study.... it would be nice to see what a scientist with proper credentials against the whole thing has to say

...What? The point of the article is that we only hear about the unlikely worst-case scenario, which the author of that study openly admitted is bullshit.

I did find the study, though. Note that vast temperature increases are highly unlikely even if we keep pumping stuff into the atmosphere:

We use a total of six long-term CO2 emissions scenarios (Table 2 and Figure 1a) to explore the effects of emitting different amounts of fossil fuel carbon and of emitting the same amount at different rates. The scenarios span a range of plausible total fossil fuel emissions, and have been used in previous work, thus aiding inter-comparison. ‘A’ is a minimum emissions scenario. ‘B’ is our baseline scenario (described above). ‘C’ and ‘D’ explore the effects of emitting all conventional fossil fuel resources rapidly (C) or slowly (D). ‘F’ takes an upper limit of 15,000 GtC exotic plus conventional fossil fuel resources. ‘E’ is simply intended to fill the large gap in total emissions between scenarios C/D and F, and it amounts to emitting 9000 GtC after 1990.

Temperature is generally stabilising by year 3000. For peaked emissions scenarios A-C, temperature may peak and then decline slightly, whereas for scenarios E and F in which exotic fossil fuel resources are emitted, temperature is still rising gradually at the end of the millennium. Even in the minimum scenario A in which emissions decline from 2025 onwards, there is ongoing warming.

Actually, I live in Denver. Yeah, a lot of us weren't happy with that article. I think the best proof is to take a look around the temps across the good ol' US and the world and see people aren't exactly dropping in the streets from contentment.

You can't just point at the current climate and say that it's proof of global warming. 1930 was pretty hot, too, and the average temperature increase over the entire planet in the last hundred and fifty years has been about three fifths of a Celsius degree.

 

[Beerdude26]

Still, I say that people shouldn't say '**** all' and do what they want, because it won't affect their future lives. That's so egoistical they should be kicked in the nuts with a titanium spiked foot. (repeatedly)