Damage from Warming Becoming 'Irreversible'

[AKcurly]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=655&e=9&u=/oneworld/4536815561079359338

[lazs2]

well... that's a relief... since it is inevitable and we are all doomed anyway... let's enjoy ourselves.   No need for those useless busybodies in the EPA or air quality board.   fire the a holes.

Stop the wasteful smog restrictions on some nice cars.  

lazs

[Pooh21]

why fire them? that much hot methane released into the atmosphere must make warming worse. Melt them down and use them to power giant AC units.

[Habu]

Given enough freshening, the Gulf Stream that currently warms the North Atlantic would be shut off, triggering an abrupt decline in temperatures that would bring about a new "Ice Age" in Europe, eastern Canada, and the northeastern United States and similar disastrous changes in world weather patterns elsewhere--all in a period as short as two to three years.

Let me get this right. So the earth heats up and Canada (and Europe) get frozen in an ice age.

Bastages

[lazs2]

I can live with that.  

lazs

[stiehl]

yes

[LWACE]

itll prob be worse than that in reality, i imagine alot of North america would be cold and frozen to, wouldnt be very warm only around the equator probably.

[Saurdaukar]

All I know is that it was 60 and sunny here yesterday and today its 35 and snowing.

Thats ****ed up.

[lasersailor184]

LMAO Saur!  You beat me to it.




But anyway, warming follows a cyclical pattern.  Soon it'll start getting colder (on average).

[AKIron]

Aside from the fact that I hate hot weather what detrimental effects can we expect to see with global warming? Of course there will be radical changes in global weather patterns but who can say what the result of that will be. Sea level will stay the same with the melting polar ice caps right? Or will it go down? If so that means more real estate, how much I have no idea.

Also, since warm air is capable of holding more moisture might we not see our crop producing regions increase even beyond what could be expected simply by the warmer temperatures?

Lotta ifs, we live in interesting times.

[ravells]

If we are talking about severe climate changes then this will almost certainly result in the migration of vast numbers of people - and that always causes grief.

My understanding about the Polar Icecaps is that if they melt, the sea level rises (but I'm not sure, as I heard this a long time ago without any authority).

Doesn't look good for mankind at all. I wonder what form of higher life will eventually replace us?

Ravs

[AKIron]

I think you're right Ravells, Seems I recall the ice caps aren't floating but are on ground which would raise sea level if they melted.

[FUNKED1]

This just in, WRI are kooks.
Thx drive thru.

[Rude]

Haven't weather trends and data only been collected for 100 or so years?

How can we make such final statements regarding global warming and the end of life as we know it from such a small sampling?

I realize that population, the industrial age, etc, have been recent contributors to our enviroment, but still, who is qualified to unequivically decide what is or is not truth or fiction regarding global warming.

Is the sky falling or not.....I need to make some life choices....I need accurate data!!!!

[Ripsnort]

Although we do contribute, there were significant climates changes before humans were present and there will be non-human causes for climate change in the future. The natural cycle that exists is that every 100,000 years of an ice age is followed by 10-20,000 years of a warmer interglacial period. Scientific data shows that we are at the end of a warm spell and appear to be heading for a cooling trend.

Yes, damage from warming tends to be irreversible, but nature is consistently adaptable.