Global leaders are facing one of the scariest years of climate change yet

[Bergslagstroll]

We are running of out of time in combating the climate crisis.

"The answer, of course, is that they have been warning about severe global impacts from climate change for more than three decades. But over the past 12 months those warnings have intensified. Reports detailing the massive environmental, economic, and human consequences of unfettered global warming have come at a fast and furious pace. And, collectively, they are far scarier than the sum of their parts. (Click here to see a rundown.)

The deluge began last October, with the release of a special report from the United Nations’ global climate science authority, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), on the potential impacts of a rise in global temperature of 1.5 degrees Celsius or more. Three international IPCC working groups with 91 authors and editors from 40 countries examined 6,000-plus scientific studies and called for “global carbon dioxide emissions (to) start to decline well before 2030” to avoid the most severe consequences of global warming. It said “global warming is likely to reach 1.5 degrees Celsius between 2030 and 2052 if it continues to increase at the current rate.”"

COP25 will review a scary year for climate change — Quartz

Is climate change to blame for Australia's bushfires? - BBC News

Climate change blamed as floods overwhelm Venice, swamping basilica and squares - Reuters

 

[longview]

We are running of out of time in combating the climate crisis.

"The answer, of course, is that they have been warning about severe global impacts from climate change for more than three decades. But over the past 12 months those warnings have intensified. Reports detailing the massive environmental, economic, and human consequences of unfettered global warming have come at a fast and furious pace. And, collectively, they are far scarier than the sum of their parts. (Click here to see a rundown.)

The deluge began last October, with the release of a special report from the United Nations’ global climate science authority, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), on the potential impacts of a rise in global temperature of 1.5 degrees Celsius or more. Three international IPCC working groups with 91 authors and editors from 40 countries examined 6,000-plus scientific studies and called for “global carbon dioxide emissions (to) start to decline well before 2030” to avoid the most severe consequences of global warming. It said “global warming is likely to reach 1.5 degrees Celsius between 2030 and 2052 if it continues to increase at the current rate.”"

COP25 will review a scary year for climate change — Quartz

Is climate change to blame for Australia's bushfires? - BBC News

Climate change blamed as floods overwhelm Venice, swamping basilica and squares - Reuters

I am guessing that not enough of the MOSE is complete to stop the flooding in Venice.

 

[Lord of Planar]

We are running of out of time in combating the climate crisis.

"The answer, of course, is that they have been warning about severe global impacts from climate change for more than three decades. But over the past 12 months those warnings have intensified. Reports detailing the massive environmental, economic, and human consequences of unfettered global warming have come at a fast and furious pace. And, collectively, they are far scarier than the sum of their parts. (Click here to see a rundown.)

The deluge began last October, with the release of a special report from the United Nations’ global climate science authority, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), on the potential impacts of a rise in global temperature of 1.5 degrees Celsius or more. Three international IPCC working groups with 91 authors and editors from 40 countries examined 6,000-plus scientific studies and called for “global carbon dioxide emissions (to) start to decline well before 2030” to avoid the most severe consequences of global warming. It said “global warming is likely to reach 1.5 degrees Celsius between 2030 and 2052 if it continues to increase at the current rate.”"

COP25 will review a scary year for climate change — Quartz

Is climate change to blame for Australia's bushfires? - BBC News

Climate change blamed as floods overwhelm Venice, swamping basilica and squares - Reuters

Yes, it is scary for them. When no crisis happens without taking their advice, they can't say they saved the planet.

 

[Jack Hays]

[h=2]Scientists: CO2 Causes Cooling When Not Causing Warming And It’s A ‘Weak’ To ‘Negligible’ Climate Factor[/h]By Kenneth Richard on 14. November 2019
[h=4]It’s been acknowledged by mainstream scientists for years now that at certain locations on planet Earth, rising carbon dioxide levels cause cooling. It’s now been determined that rising CO2 also causes “negligible” cooling (or warming) depending on the season.[/h]A few years ago a seminal paper (Schmithüsen et al., 2015) was published in Geophysical Research Letters that indicated raising the concentration of CO2 causes a negative greenhouse effect, or cooling, in central Antarctica.
The forcing from the CO2 greenhouse effect ranges from -2.9 W/m² to +1 W/m², and the forcing for the Arctic (central Greenland) is said to be “comparably weak”.

[h=6]Image Source: Schmithüsen et al., 2015[/h]Now scientists have found that CO2 – to the extent that it has a “negligible” influence on temperature – causes the climate to cool from winter to summer and to warm from summer to winter.

[h=6]Image Source: Lightfoot and Mamer, 2018[/h]For the most part, CO2 varies due to temperature and water vapour level changes. The variance can range from 403 ppm during the drier winter to 377 ppm during the summer.

[h=6]Image Source: Lightfoot and Mamer, 2018[/h]Similar seasonal CO2 variability can be found in pristine cave environments.
A paper published earlier this year (Al-Manmi et al., 2019) also finds CO2 rises to 756 ppm in winter but drops to 484 ppm in summer.
So observations indicate higher CO2 concentrations are linked to cooler temperatures, not warmer temperatures.

[h=6]Image Source: Al-Manmi et al., 2019[/h]Nowhere do these observations support the paradigm that says real-world temperature (and water vapour) changes are driven by variations in atmospheric CO2 concentrations.
If anything, it’s the other way around.

 

[Bergslagstroll]

I am guessing that not enough of the MOSE is complete to stop the flooding in Venice.

Yes that system is not finished yet. There you will not a lot of more costly investment all around the world to mitigate the devastating effects of manmade global warming. There many countries around the world can have a hard time affording it.

Climate change threatens lives and futures of over 19 million children in Bangladesh

 

[Bergslagstroll]

Yes, it is scary for them. When no crisis happens without taking their advice, they can't say they saved the planet.

You sadly still have politicians like Donald Trump that have claimed that global warming is a Chinese hoax.

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."

While federal agencies under Donald Trump still acknowledge the urgent need for action because the evidence is so overwhelming.

Fourth National Climate Assessment

 

[Bergslagstroll]

The devastating fires continue in Australia.

"MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Rising temperatures, lightning strikes and erratic winds are set to fan wildfires in Australia in the week ahead, officials said on Sunday, with emergency crews already working day and night to contain more than 130 blazes.
The state of New South Wales, where 367 homes have been lost in the past week, reported 56 fires burning with about half yet to be contained, fire services said.

A heatwave forecast for this week is expected to heighten dangers in the state. The fires have already claimed four lives across the country’s east coast."

Devastating bushfire conditions to worsen in Australia - Reuters

 

[longview]

Yes that system is not finished yet. There you will not a lot of more costly investment all around the world to mitigate the devastating effects of manmade global warming. There many countries around the world can have a hard time affording it.

Climate change threatens lives and futures of over 19 million children in Bangladesh

Yes, we have seen those exaggerated studies, and articles. but they mean little at the current level of rise.

 

[Lord of Planar]

You sadly still have politicians like Donald Trump that have claimed that global warming is a Chinese hoax.

The way you guys portray it, it is a hoax. You guys portray it as catastrophic. That is a hoax.

 

[CBDunkerson]

The way you guys portray it, it is a hoax. You guys portray it as catastrophic. That is a hoax.

I suppose you'll have to define what you mean by "catastrophic".

For instance, multiple events linked to global warming (e.g. 2016 southern African drought, Great Barrier reef bleeching, North American wildfires, etc) have been called catastrophes. Is it not then already 'catastrophic'?

 

[Jack Hays]

I suppose you'll have to define what you mean by "catastrophic".

For instance, multiple events linked to global warming (e.g. 2016 southern African drought, Great Barrier reef bleeching, North American wildfires, etc) have been called catastrophes. Is it not then already 'catastrophic'?

The "link" between those events and global warming is imaginary.

 

[eman623]

"We are running of out of time in combating the climate crisis."

I don't know what that means. Neither I think does the OP author who wrote it. It's just words.

I'm looking outside right now and it's a typical mid-Fall day here in San Jose. The sun is out, the sky is blue and there is no crisis here at all. On any given day 99.9% of the rest of the world will be like me and see nothing particularly bad outdoors. But none of that matters. Only the 0.1% who have sucky weather on any given day now define the climate, which is of course in "crisis".

 

[CBDunkerson]

The "link" between those events and global warming is imaginary.

Seriously?

How is it only "imaginary" that the world being warmer makes droughts and wildfires worse? Why is the Great Barrier reef only dying now?

When you dismiss even the inarguable evidence against your position it becomes inarguable that your position is not based on evidence.

 

[Jack Hays]

Seriously?

How is it only "imaginary" that the world being warmer makes droughts and wildfires worse? Why is the Great Barrier reef only dying now?

When you dismiss even the inarguable evidence against your position it becomes inarguable that your position is not based on evidence.

Wildfires are not worse.

[h=3]Global trends in wildfire and its impacts: perceptions versus ...[/h]
[url]https://royalsocietypublishing.org › doi › full › rstb.2015.0345
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by SH Doerr - ‎2016 - ‎Cited by 100 - ‎Related articles
Jun 5, 2016 - Wildfire has been an important process affecting the Earth's surface and ... The 'command and control' attitude of most Western societies neglects ..... for organizing the Royal Society Discussion Meeting 'The interaction of fire ...

The Great Barrier Reef is doing just fine.
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[Jack Hays]

Seriously?

How is it only "imaginary" that the world being warmer makes droughts and wildfires worse? Why is the Great Barrier reef only dying now?

When you dismiss even the inarguable evidence against your position it becomes inarguable that your position is not based on evidence.

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[h=1]Surprise! The Great Barrier Reef is Not Dying from Global Warming[/h][FONT=&quot]Guest essay by Eric Worrall It is tough for scientists to maintain the fiction that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is broken, when the government minister responsible for the reef goes and has a look for herself. Great Barrier Reef is better than expected: Ley GRAHAM LLOYD The Great Barrier Reef is not dead, is not…
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August 16, 2019 in Alarmism.

 

[CBDunkerson]

Wildfires are not worse.

[h=3]Global trends in wildfire and its impacts: perceptions versus ...[/h]
[url]https://royalsocietypublishing.org › doi › full › rstb.2015.0345
[/URL]
by SH Doerr - ‎2016 - ‎Cited by 100 - ‎Related articles
Jun 5, 2016 - Wildfire has been an important process affecting the Earth's surface and ... The 'command and control' attitude of most Western societies neglects ..... for organizing the Royal Society Discussion Meeting 'The interaction of fire ...

The Great Barrier Reef is doing just fine.
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[h=2][URL="https://jennifermarohasy.com/2019/11/my-first-film-beige-reef/"]My First Film: Beige Reef[/URL][/h]November 14, 2019 By jennifer 14 Comments
FRENCH military general Napoleon Bonaparte is quoted as saying that, "A good sketch is better than a long speech.” Then there is the expression, ”A picture is worth a thousand words.” So, why have I spent so much of the last two decades … [Read more...]

Your link on global (not North American) wildfires argues that there has been less biomassed burned by fire in the past hundred years than any previous century of the past 2000. That tells us precisely nothing about the impact of global warming WITHIN the past hundred years. In contrast, the National Climate Asseessment put out by the Trump administration last year shows a clear trend;

The WUWT article about a climate denying politician claiming that the Great Barrier Reef is just fine is even more pathetic. The evidence to the contrary is overwhelming;

 

[Lord of Planar]

I suppose you'll have to define what you mean by "catastrophic".

For instance, multiple events linked to global warming (e.g. 2016 southern African drought, Great Barrier reef bleeching, North American wildfires, etc) have been called catastrophes. Is it not then already 'catastrophic'?

Here's the silly part of your argument. These events you call catastrophic, have been happening all of history, and are cyclical. Can you find a catastrophic event that is outside of the normal events? Something that has never occurred in know history?

Link... How about real evidence please. I can also link the increase of global warming to the decrease in pirates.

 

[Lord of Planar]

The "link" between those events and global warming is imaginary.

But it's every bit as real as the reduction in pirates increasing global warming.

 

[CBDunkerson]

Can you find a catastrophic event that is outside of the normal events? Something that has never occurred in know history?

Link... How about real evidence please. I can also link the increase of global warming to the decrease in pirates.

Current global warming won't cause events outside the range of past extremes unless it reaches the highest temperatures the planet has ever experienced... which isn't going to happen because there was that whole early period where the surface of the planet was molten.

In short, you have set the bar for the only proof you will accept far far beyond what even the most extreme predictions of global warming suggest will happen.

As to linking warming to events... you really can't see the link between increased temperature and droughts / wildfires? Because, again, that demonstrates an insurmountable bias on your part.

 

[Jack Hays]

Your link on global (not North American) wildfires argues that there has been less biomassed burned by fire in the past hundred years than any previous century of the past 2000. That tells us precisely nothing about the impact of global warming WITHIN the past hundred years.

Yes, it does: ". . . global area burned appears to have overall declined over past decades . . ."

And the modest recent increase is from an historically low point, and reflects a change in fire suppression policy more than anything else.

 

[Jack Hays]

The WUWT article about a climate denying politician claiming that the Great Barrier Reef is just fine is even more pathetic. The evidence to the contrary is overwhelming;

As for the Great Barrier Reef, you're not familiar with the research.


New GBR Study: 400% Coral Recovery Since 2014 – With 2017 Growth Rates Comparable To The 1970s

By Kenneth Richard on 19. August 2019
A long-term (50 years) study of a Great Barrier Reef (GBR) ecoystem finds corals may quickly recover from El Niño disturbances. According to scientists (Yan et al., 2019), coral reef ecosystems thrive in centennial-scale warming phases such as the Medieval Warm Period and Current Warm Period, whereas they experience population declines (“switch-off” episodes) during cold […]

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Coral Mortality Rates Higher During Cold Periods – And There’s Been Recent Cooling In Coral Environments

By Kenneth Richard on 24. June 2019

In the coral habitats of the Western Indian Ocean, SSTs have cooled by -0.8°C since the 1980s (Watanabe et al., 2019). It has long been established that exposure to extremely low temperatures induce coral bleaching and high mortality rates just as much as warm SSTs do. Further, colder periods – which are associated with falling […]

 

[Lord of Planar]

Current global warming won't cause events outside the range of past extremes unless it reaches the highest temperatures the planet has ever experienced... which isn't going to happen because there was that whole early period where the surface of the planet was molten.

In short, you have set the bar for the only proof you will accept far far beyond what even the most extreme predictions of global warming suggest will happen.

So...

All you have is your faith in the dogma of AGW...

As to linking warming to events... you really can't see the link between increased temperature and droughts / wildfires? Because, again, that demonstrates an insurmountable bias on your part.

They only abnormally high temperatures are in urban areas. We have had no droughts more severe than in the past. They are only worse, because we have more people using the same limited resources. Fires... Same thing. Cyclical events, that yes, we have a hand in, but by carelessly starting them too.

None of these are proven to be related to AGW.

 

[Jack Hays]

Cartoonish Times for Climate Change
Washington Times

 

[Buzz]

They only abnormally high temperatures are in urban areas...

...None of these are proven to be related to AGW.

Even if abnormally high temperatures are only in urban areas(not true by the way) isn't the urban heat island effect man-made?

 

[Jack Hays]

The cowardice of AGW advocates:

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[h=1]Climate alarmists hide from debate, Stossel sets it straight[/h][FONT=&quot]“The world is going to end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change!” says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Really? 12 years? John Stossel recently moderated a debate held by The Heartland Institute. Well, not a debate … because climate alarmists who were invited didn’t show. “Please … let’s have a discussion!” begs astrophysicist Willie…
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