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Climate change: Impacts 'accelerating' as leaders gather for UN talks

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Climate change is accelerating all across the world and immediately action is needed.

"The data, compiled by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), says the five-year period from 2014 to 2019 is the warmest on record.

Sea-level rise has accelerated significantly over the same period, as CO2 emissions have hit new highs.

The WMO says carbon-cutting efforts have to be intensified immediately."

Climate change: Impacts 'accelerating' as leaders gather for UN talks - BBC News
 
So you will be able to cite some bad thing that has happened so far due to the warming of the world? Any significant bad thing at all?

Or be able to show how any place in the world will expect to have some bad thing that will cost more than it spends on traffic lights to sort out?

Anything other than foundations of buildings in permafrost?

Anything at all?
 
The PR campaign is under way.

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[h=1]A National Narrative for Media on Climate Change[/h][FONT=&quot]Guest Opinion by Kip Hansen Those of you who closely watch the media — newspapers, broadcast & streaming news, national magazines, national public radio — may have noticed that all the news about climate change is beginning to sound the same — regardless of outlet (there are a few sensible exceptions). This is no…
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June 22, 2019 in Bad science journalism, Climate Communications, Climate News.
 
Bergslagstroll said:
Climate change is accelerating all across the world and immediately action is needed.

"The data, compiled by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), says the five-year period from 2014 to 2019 is the warmest on record.

Sea-level rise has accelerated significantly over the same period, as CO2 emissions have hit new highs.

The WMO says carbon-cutting efforts have to be intensified immediately."

Climate change: Impacts 'accelerating' as leaders gather for UN talks - BBC News
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BBC is a very reputable news organization. I found this interesting from your link:

Recognizing that global temperatures have risen by 1.1 degrees C since 1850, the paper notes they have gone up by 0.2C between 2011 and 2015.

This is as a result of burgeoning emissions of carbon, with the amount of the gas going into the atmosphere between 2015 and 2019 growing by 20% compared with the previous five years.

Perhaps most worrying of all is the data on sea-level rise.

The average rate of rise since 1993 until now is 3.2mm per year. However, from May 2014 to 2019 the rise has increased to 5mm per year. The 10-year period from 2007-2016 saw an average of about 4mm per year.
 
[h=1]The Climate Strikers Are Completely Unhinged[/h]September 23, 2019/ Francis Menton[FONT=&quot]

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[FONT=&quot]If you’ve ever spent much time in New York, you know that it can be weather-challenged: very hot in the summer, and very cold in the winter. But September is almost always a month of near-perfect temperatures, and this year has been no exception. Nevertheless, the so-called “Climate Strike” movement chose last Friday, September 20, as the date for their big day of demonstrations.
The high temperature was an ideal 77 deg F (25 deg C). Estimates of the number of protesters that turned out range (according to the New York Times) from 60,000 (NY Police Dept.) to 250,000 (organizers). The message of the speakers was, of course, that we are in the midst of a climate crisis that must be addressed immediately by drastic and coercive government action. It seems that the organizers and leaders of the demonstrations, let alone a goodly number of the participants, have turned themselves purple with anger over unverifiable predictions of barely-perceptible future temperature increases. From the Times:
Rarely, if ever, has the modern world witnessed a youth movement so large and wide, spanning across societies rich and poor, tied together by a common if inchoate sense of rage.
Let me assemble some of the words that were used by these people. I suppose that they somehow think that this kind of rhetoric might be convincing to the normal people who were just trying to enjoy a beautiful late summer day. Is any of it persuasive to you? . . .
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Jack Hays said:
[h=1]The Climate Strikers Are Completely Unhinged[/h]September 23, 2019/ Francis Menton[FONT="][URL="https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2019-9-23-the-climate-strikers-are-completely-unhinged"]
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[FONT="]If you’ve ever spent much time in New York, you know that it can be weather-challenged: very hot in the summer, and very cold in the winter. But September is almost always a month of near-perfect temperatures, and this year has been no exception. Nevertheless, the so-called “Climate Strike” movement chose last Friday, September 20, as the date for their big day of demonstrations.
The high temperature was [URL="https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/new-york-ny/10007/september-weather/349727"]an ideal 77 deg F[/URL] (25 deg C). Estimates of the number of protesters that turned out range (according to the New York Times) from 60,000 (NY Police Dept.) to 250,000 (organizers). The message of the speakers was, of course, that we are in the midst of a climate crisis that must be addressed immediately by drastic and coercive government action. It seems that the organizers and leaders of the demonstrations, let alone a goodly number of the participants, have turned themselves purple with anger over unverifiable predictions of barely-perceptible future temperature increases. From the Times:
Rarely, if ever, has the modern world witnessed a youth movement so large and wide, spanning across societies rich and poor, tied together by a common if inchoate sense of rage.
Let me assemble some of the words that were used by these people. I suppose that they somehow think that this kind of rhetoric might be convincing to the normal people who were just trying to enjoy a beautiful late summer day. Is any of it persuasive to you? . . .
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Better to focus on world temperatures than your cherry-picking. Why don't you post Alaska temperatures?

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Media_Truth said:
BBC is a very reputable news organization. I found this interesting from your link:

Recognizing that global temperatures have risen by 1.1 degrees C since 1850, the paper notes they have gone up by 0.2C between 2011 and 2015.

This is as a result of burgeoning emissions of carbon, with the amount of the gas going into the atmosphere between 2015 and 2019 growing by 20% compared with the previous five years.

Perhaps most worrying of all is the data on sea-level rise.

The average rate of rise since 1993 until now is 3.2mm per year. However, from May 2014 to 2019 the rise has increased to 5mm per year. The 10-year period from 2007-2016 saw an average of about 4mm per year.
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You also have this very worrying new report.

"Abram says: “We see two very different futures ahead of us. If we are able to take action to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions we can limit how much these parts of the climate system will change in the future, and the impacts on people and ecosystems.” But failure to cut emissions will make it “very difficult” for humans and other species to adapt, she says.

In a worst case emissions scenario, a sea level rise of between 61cm and 1.1m is now likely by 2100 – 10 centimetres higher than the IPCC’s last big assessment just six years ago – due to a better understanding of how the Antarctic ice sheet is melting. The rise could be “substantially higher” if Antarctic ice disappears faster, the report says, echoing recent research suggesting a rise of as much as 2m.

While 10cm extra may not sound like much, Michael Meredith of the British Antarctic Survey says even for a developed country it is serious and will require more coastal defences. For poorer countries, it could be much more challenging.

Serious storm surges that occur when tropical cyclones combine with higher sea levels will take place once a year by 2050 in some parts of the world, particularly in the tropics, rather than once a century as they have in the past. The IPCC notes one billion people will live in low-lying coastal areas by 2050, up from 680 million today."

IPCC report: Sea levels could be a metre higher by 2100 | New Scientist

Direct link to the report:

https://report.ipcc.ch/srocc/pdf/SROCC_SPM_Approved.pdf
 
Bergslagstroll said:
You also have this very worrying new report.

"Abram says: “We see two very different futures ahead of us. If we are able to take action to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions we can limit how much these parts of the climate system will change in the future, and the impacts on people and ecosystems.” But failure to cut emissions will make it “very difficult” for humans and other species to adapt, she says.

In a worst case emissions scenario, a sea level rise of between 61cm and 1.1m is now likely by 2100 – 10 centimetres higher than the IPCC’s last big assessment just six years ago – due to a better understanding of how the Antarctic ice sheet is melting. The rise could be “substantially higher” if Antarctic ice disappears faster, the report says, echoing recent research suggesting a rise of as much as 2m.

While 10cm extra may not sound like much, Michael Meredith of the British Antarctic Survey says even for a developed country it is serious and will require more coastal defences. For poorer countries, it could be much more challenging.

Serious storm surges that occur when tropical cyclones combine with higher sea levels will take place once a year by 2050 in some parts of the world, particularly in the tropics, rather than once a century as they have in the past. The IPCC notes one billion people will live in low-lying coastal areas by 2050, up from 680 million today."

IPCC report: Sea levels could be a metre higher by 2100 | New Scientist

Direct link to the report:

https://report.ipcc.ch/srocc/pdf/SROCC_SPM_Approved.pdf
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Alarmist propaganda.
 
Bergslagstroll said:
You also have this very worrying new report.

"Abram says: “We see two very different futures ahead of us. If we are able to take action to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions we can limit how much these parts of the climate system will change in the future, and the impacts on people and ecosystems.” But failure to cut emissions will make it “very difficult” for humans and other species to adapt, she says.

In a worst case emissions scenario, a sea level rise of between 61cm and 1.1m is now likely by 2100 – 10 centimetres higher than the IPCC’s last big assessment just six years ago – due to a better understanding of how the Antarctic ice sheet is melting. The rise could be “substantially higher” if Antarctic ice disappears faster, the report says, echoing recent research suggesting a rise of as much as 2m.

While 10cm extra may not sound like much, Michael Meredith of the British Antarctic Survey says even for a developed country it is serious and will require more coastal defences. For poorer countries, it could be much more challenging.

Serious storm surges that occur when tropical cyclones combine with higher sea levels will take place once a year by 2050 in some parts of the world, particularly in the tropics, rather than once a century as they have in the past. The IPCC notes one billion people will live in low-lying coastal areas by 2050, up from 680 million today."

IPCC report: Sea levels could be a metre higher by 2100 | New Scientist

Direct link to the report:

https://report.ipcc.ch/srocc/pdf/SROCC_SPM_Approved.pdf
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It is funny people pass on information!
Here is direct quote from the SPM.
B3.1The global mean sea level (GMSL) rise under RCP2.6 is projected to be 0.39 m (0.26–0.53 m, likelyrange)
for the period 2081–2100, and 0.43 m (0.29–0.59 m, likelyrange) in 2100 with respect to 1986–2005.
For RCP8.5, the corresponding GMSL rise is 0.71 m (0.51–0.92 m, likelyrange) for 2081–2100 and 0.84 m (0.61–1.10 m, likelyrange) in 2100.
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I guess the first question is what is the likelyhood of the worst case emissions scenario being correct?
We are talking CO2 at 1370 ppm by the year 2100, only 81 years from now.
 
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[h=1]New IPCC report on ocean warming cites a flawed and retracted paper[/h][FONT=&quot]Via Retraction Watch: A major new report about the dramatic warming of the oceans cites a 2018 Nature paper on the topic that was retracted earlier this week — the same day, in fact, that the report dropped. But one of the authors of that paper tells Retraction Watch that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report, released September…
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longview said:
Alaska has warmed, but the rate is not as high as you imply.
Climate at a Glance | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
.2F per decade, is only modest warming considering the level of development in Alaska in the last century.
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That's a very steady ramp-up of temperatures, with an acceleration in recent years. Minimum temperatures show even more warming, and that's even more telling, as that is when refreezing occurs, and obviously there will be less refreezing.
 
Media_Truth said:
That's a very steady ramp-up of temperatures, with an acceleration in recent years. Minimum temperatures show even more warming, and that's even more telling, as that is when refreezing occurs, and obviously there will be less refreezing.
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As I said it is warming.
 
Bergslagstroll said:
Why would Donald Trump, that have claimed climate change is a Chinese hoax, fund "alarmist propaganda"?

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive."

Fourth National Climate Assessment

That even fossil fuel companies acknowledge the urgent need for action.

Statements on Paris climate agreement | ExxonMobil
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Donald Trump now runs NASA which widely supports AGW. He could change that today if he wanted. But he wont
 
Jack Hays said:
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[h=1]New IPCC report on ocean warming cites a flawed and retracted paper[/h][FONT="][FONT=inherit]Via Retraction Watch: A major new report about the dramatic warming of the oceans cites a 2018 Nature paper on the topic that was retracted earlier this week — the same day, in fact, that the report dropped. But one of the authors of that paper tells Retraction Watch that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report, released September…[/FONT]
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This latest blunder seems pretty par for the course with the IPCC, and as we’ve seen in the past they’ve not only used “grey literature” but travel brochures as references to “scientific” assessments.
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Oh God.............
 
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