Climate change: 2020 set to be one of the three warmest years on record
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Provisional figures indicate that 2020 will be one of the hottest in a record dating back to 1850.
As we saw with the push to get people back into offices and restaurants over the summer, politicians have little desire to develop a new normal, or maybe a vested interest in retaining the status quo.
However I think many would welcome a reduction in stuff being shipped round the world when it can be produced here, a reduction in commuting etc
Hopefully the pandemic has shifted some old habits.
However I think many would welcome a reduction in stuff being shipped round the world when it can be produced here, a reduction in commuting etc
Hopefully the pandemic has shifted some old habits.
Is it coincidence that the day a vaccine is approved, fear-mongers immediately renew their Thunberg fan club suscriptions?
Ha, ha, ha....didn`t they even try linking covid to climate change? At least they all sing from the same hymn sheet...anti Trump, anti Tory, Anti Brexit, pro climate emergency.....real emergency is to find what`s in the water in the London bubble to make `em all think that way.
Tin foil shortage?
Only when humans become extinct will the planet recover, and at this rate it will not be too long....
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The Earth has been far hotter, CO2 far higher and the climate far more extreme than today when no humans existed
There is no "Recovering" .. it's a figment of your imagination
There is no "Recovering" .. it's a figment of your imagination
With or without humans then just as has happened in the past when there where no humans the earth will cycle between ice ages and periods of global warming...
It has nothing to do with humans and will continue to cycle like that long after we are all gone...
It has nothing to do with humans and will continue to cycle like that long after we are all gone...
Yep!!! none of these imbeciles ever address the real issue... TOO MANY PEOPLE!!!
Well of course 2020 will be hot....we had all those fires raging over several so that’s bound to send temp gauge soaring....ever thought that may have affected figures ??
Well of course 2020 will be hot....we had all those fires raging over several so that’s bound to send temp gauge soaring....ever thought that may have affected figures ??
Only when humans become extinct will the planet recover, and at this rate it will not be too long....
What a stupid comment.. please keep your mouth shut, we don't want all that hot air released at once, give the earth a chance to cool down.
After global lockdown, millions not communiting, air traffic down 80%. Reality is this has very little to do with the combustion engine.
They'll probably blame that clean air we had in 2020 for warming the planet as the sun can now shine through clearer skies unhindered and warm the planet more quickly.
It's all a load of scaremongering BS, the planet has and is going through a natural cycle of warming since the end of the last ice, it will continue to do so for several thousand years to come with or without man made pollution...
It's all a load of scaremongering BS, the planet has and is going through a natural cycle of warming since the end of the last ice, it will continue to do so for several thousand years to come with or without man made pollution...
That's hilarious! Calling someone else's comment stupid when you've come out with the "only when humans are extinct" drivel!
Its a shame many countries have destroyed their economies for no net environmental positive impact. It Just goes to show potentially how much we need to change and or sacrifice to reverse the damage done.
After global lockdown, millions not communiting, air traffic down 80%. Reality is this has very little to do with the combustion engine.
Don’t judge 2020 entirely on what’s happened, judge it in future on how we learn from what’s happened. We know serious problems exist, climate change and destroying nature being the biggest.
We’ve now learned plenty about how we’ve lived and how we can change for the better; we must act ourselves and challenge all powers with influence to act properly, otherwise things will get worse.
We’ve now learned plenty about how we’ve lived and how we can change for the better; we must act ourselves and challenge all powers with influence to act properly, otherwise things will get worse.
As we saw with the push to get people back into offices and restaurants over the summer, politicians have little desire to develop a new normal, or maybe a vested interest in retaining the status quo.
However I think many would welcome a reduction in stuff being shipped round the world when it can be produced here, a reduction in commuting etc
Hopefully the pandemic has shifted some old habits.
However I think many would welcome a reduction in stuff being shipped round the world when it can be produced here, a reduction in commuting etc
Hopefully the pandemic has shifted some old habits.
if only it were that simple.
I don't disagree average temperature has increased but comparing measurements using today's technology against that of 150 years ago is questionable. Over millions of years the earth has warmed and cooled so are we in one of those warming periods. We always look skywards but does removing fossil fuels from the earths crust also contribute, the core is molten as we know. Just my thoughts
Thanks for your thoughts, thing is we do have information going back over a long time through various archaeological data. That there has long been variation in temperature isn’t up for debate, the issue is the speed. It’s never been this fast. Nothing has time to adapt.
I wish the BBC would attach their links to the numbers they use - I don't doubt the article at all but it'd be nice to read more into it. Other news outlets do it, why not the national broadcaster?
The high temps in Siberia are concerning, if all that permafrost thaws it's going to release a substantial amount of greenhouse gas.
Surprisingly enough it IS going to happen no matter what Climate Extremists say or do .. because it's happened over and over again for the past 5 Billion Years
You do understand what history is don't you ?
King Canute anyone ?
You do understand what history is don't you ?
King Canute anyone ?
You obviously work for someone or people who are connected to Globalists.... Dont forget the poorest and the weak .. Maybe go out of your way to help people on a regular basis. day in day out instead of waffling on the internet . get a life and do some real good .
Dear BBC, the Earth has been getting warmer for the past 25,000+ years
As we come out of this Ice Age .. you know where 1km THICK of Ice has melted off both Hemispheres (As it has MANY times in the past 5 billion years) .. each year will most likely be hotter than the last one
Otherwise we'd be going back into an Ice Age
BTW CO2 was HALF the rate it is today when all that Ice melted
As we come out of this Ice Age .. you know where 1km THICK of Ice has melted off both Hemispheres (As it has MANY times in the past 5 billion years) .. each year will most likely be hotter than the last one
Otherwise we'd be going back into an Ice Age
BTW CO2 was HALF the rate it is today when all that Ice melted
Do you have a link?
It's worse now.
"At the end of the last ice age, CO2 rose from about 180 parts per million (ppm) in the atmosphere to about 260; and today we're at 392," explained lead author Dr Jeremy Shakun.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17611404#:~:text=%22At%20the%20end%20of%20the%20last%20ice%20age%2C,at%20392%2C%22%20explained%20lead%20author%20Dr%20Jeremy%20Shakun.
It's worse now.
"At the end of the last ice age, CO2 rose from about 180 parts per million (ppm) in the atmosphere to about 260; and today we're at 392," explained lead author Dr Jeremy Shakun.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17611404#:~:text=%22At%20the%20end%20of%20the%20last%20ice%20age%2C,at%20392%2C%22%20explained%20lead%20author%20Dr%20Jeremy%20Shakun.
You do not know what you're talking about.
Climate modelling takes into account natural factors, solar output etc.
The dramatic rise in temperature we are seeing now is largely down to human activity.
Do you really think that digging up billions of tons of carbon that's taken 100s of millions of years to lay down, & then burning it all in 200 yrs is somehow consequence-free?
Climate modelling takes into account natural factors, solar output etc.
The dramatic rise in temperature we are seeing now is largely down to human activity.
Do you really think that digging up billions of tons of carbon that's taken 100s of millions of years to lay down, & then burning it all in 200 yrs is somehow consequence-free?
Where would the BBC be without doom and desponsity? No sooner is covid and brexit coming under control dear old aunty now returns to global warming. Is there a whole department of hand wringers at head office?
Brexit is far from under control, you have just been distracted by covid.
Only when humans become extinct will the planet recover, and at this rate it will not be too long....
Is it coincidence that the day a vaccine is approved, fear-mongers immediately renew their Thunberg fan club suscriptions?
A pointless exercise to reduce global warming when you have countries like China who take no notice of anyone including their own citizens.
China has said that it intends to be carbon neutral by 2060, so you can't say it's ignoring the issue, even if you don't believe what they say.
And Ronald McDonald pulling out of the Paris Accord completely!
Lest we forget . . .
Lest we forget . . .
China is in fact one of the leading countries in green initiatives and per capita is vastly lower than places like the USA which have no excuse and emits more than twice the CO2 per person. One thing China can do better than anyone else in the world is evolve - their industry moves at a staggering rate.
If you've not seen it, a documentary called Ice on Fire is well worth a watch. Science already knows the solutions and technology required (from plant based sea kelp forests right up to direct air capture). Just need the will and market to implement it now.
I'm excited about the change to a carbon free future. There is going to be lots of innovation and advances in technology that are going to make us wonder why were ever pulled dirty coal and oil out of the ground in the first place. The plant has been badly affected by what we have done but the future is bright, as long as we embrace the changes that we need to make.
Sorry but I suspect the future is going yo be very dark before it 'lightens'
More & more people, more & more consumption, more & more pollution/carbon as the 80% of the world that is '3rd' world develop. even more still
More competition for ever declining resources, water being key, more & more conflict among humans over those resources compounded by cultural issues
Future does not look 'bright'
More & more people, more & more consumption, more & more pollution/carbon as the 80% of the world that is '3rd' world develop. even more still
More competition for ever declining resources, water being key, more & more conflict among humans over those resources compounded by cultural issues
Future does not look 'bright'
You do know that renewables arent energy dense enough to run industry or recharge all those cars (35million) in the nest 20 years. Mass energy storage that would cover an area greeter than the size of essex would be needed costing trillions. Gas or nuclear is vital.
Someone buy this hippy a tree.
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'The plant has been badly affected by what we have done', i think we have more than one, i can see a few trees outside my window right now, and i have a couple of them in the back shed under lights....but we wont talk about those.
Dream on.
Johnson follows in a long list of politicians with think tank ideas which what they will remain.
Remember the "white heat of technology"?
Red Robbo and the three day week put paid to those aspirations.
On the scale of things, UK efforts are a side-line when you are up against Russia, China, India, USA, Brazil who will carry on as normal
Johnson follows in a long list of politicians with think tank ideas which what they will remain.
Remember the "white heat of technology"?
Red Robbo and the three day week put paid to those aspirations.
On the scale of things, UK efforts are a side-line when you are up against Russia, China, India, USA, Brazil who will carry on as normal
Yes, and Covid didn't originate from China
The high temps in Siberia are concerning, if all that permafrost thaws it's going to release a substantial amount of greenhouse gas.
You are far less informed on this than you think you are.
...but CO2 in the atmosphere has NEVER been this high during periods this planet has been habitable. The ice cores tell us that.
Have you a brain
I do seriously wonder about climate denialism.
Yes earth’s temperatures fluctuate over the millennia but not so quick and we ( humankind ) needs this temperate climate
I do seriously wonder about climate denialism.
Yes earth’s temperatures fluctuate over the millennia but not so quick and we ( humankind ) needs this temperate climate
You do realise King Canute did that to prove to followers he *wasn’t* omnipotent, don’t you?
The earth isn't 5 billions years old. History covers the last 8000 years. What you mean is Geology. And whilst climate change has occurred naturally throughout that time the difference now is the rate of change. If you had a brain you'd know that change has two aspects - direction and Speed. The danger now is the accelerated rate of change . Do come back if you ever have anything useful to say.
I went 100mph in my car once and slowed down safely and was fine. Therefore it is perfectly safe to do 100mph and hitting a concrete wall at 100mph and stopping instantly won’t harm me. Fact!
"Surprisingly enough it IS going to happen no matter what Climate Extremists say or do .. because it's happened over and over again for the past 5 Billion Years"
That would be impressive considering the Earth only formed 4.5 billion years ago.
That would be impressive considering the Earth only formed 4.5 billion years ago.
King Canute wasn't trying to stop the tide - he was trying to demonstrate that even a King couldn't stop it.
Good point, well made... Can anyone explain the ice age?
The Earth is warming, our activities are significantly contributing to that and if you don't want a billion hungry people on your doorstep, migrating to avoid starvation, a fate that will only take a couple of failed harvests, then you had better be on the bandwagon to firstly mitigate and then reverse the damage.
Actually I am very much aware of the History. Or Pre History in this case.
Do you know whats different?
A race a hairless monkeys digging up and burning all that lovely stored carbon that has accumulated over the Millions of years, speeding up what is a gradual process.
You know what HAS happened in rare cases of it occurring relatively quickly?
Google Permian - Triassic extinction.
Do you know whats different?
A race a hairless monkeys digging up and burning all that lovely stored carbon that has accumulated over the Millions of years, speeding up what is a gradual process.
You know what HAS happened in rare cases of it occurring relatively quickly?
Google Permian - Triassic extinction.
"The warmest six years in global records dating back to 1850 have now all occurred since 2015. "
Since 2015 we have only had 2016-2020 which is 5 years....FIVE years in which we have had the SIX warmest years???????
Since 2015 we have only had 2016-2020 which is 5 years....FIVE years in which we have had the SIX warmest years???????
Mathematically including 2015 makes 6.
Its a matter of perspective.
Its a matter of perspective.
If you include 2015, it's six years
Good point, unless they counted 2015, but that would mean the last six years have been the warmest six years on record. Something wrong somewhere with the reporting.
15 16 17 18 19 20. do you need a calculator?
2015 to 2020 is 6 years. 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Go on count them. You can use the fingers on the other hand as well.
People can whitter on about "the temperature's always changed" as much as they like but that's just ignorant deflection.
We have temperature records going back tens of thousands of years in ice cores a& fossilised tree rings. Temperature has never risen so fast and so steeply than it is now and that's because human activity is causing it.
A charlatan on YouTube does not invalidate this fact.
We have temperature records going back tens of thousands of years in ice cores a& fossilised tree rings. Temperature has never risen so fast and so steeply than it is now and that's because human activity is causing it.
A charlatan on YouTube does not invalidate this fact.
what was the cause of the warming at the end of the Younger Dryas period ? ~ 10deg C warming in 40 to 50 years ?
"Temperature has never risen so fast and so steeply than it is now and that's because human activity is causing it."
You don't have temperature records for the previous Ice Ages, so you have NO IDEA how fast temperatures will rise at the end of an Ice Age
"Climate Science" shows less Ice & loss of Perma Frost accelerates temperature rise - what else did you expect ?
You don't have temperature records for the previous Ice Ages, so you have NO IDEA how fast temperatures will rise at the end of an Ice Age
"Climate Science" shows less Ice & loss of Perma Frost accelerates temperature rise - what else did you expect ?
Errr thats incorrect. Weather balloon data doesnt support your comment. The models all 22 of them predict a rapid rise but that isnt reflected in the weather balloon data.
Oh dear, suggest you look more closely at the proven scientific evidence of those ice cores and geological record and you will find on a number of occasions the temperature has risen faster or as fast as it right now...
Hint: Start with the Sahara region which not so long ago was a lush green landscape and is now a sandy desert and it all happened very, very quickly indeed...
Hint: Start with the Sahara region which not so long ago was a lush green landscape and is now a sandy desert and it all happened very, very quickly indeed...
Core samples from The Younger Dryas Boundary Termination Event ~11,500 years ago show an increase in temperatures estimated to range from 7° to 12° in a few decades.
We have not seen that rise yet.
This event was precipitated by unusual, extremely rare events, so is not typical of Earth's climate change, so your main point stands. But there is data in the cores that you have overlooked. FYI:)
We have not seen that rise yet.
This event was precipitated by unusual, extremely rare events, so is not typical of Earth's climate change, so your main point stands. But there is data in the cores that you have overlooked. FYI:)
You do know that temperatures have also been rising on Mars don't you?
No human has ever been there.
No human has ever been there.
Climate change is happening, no doubt about it, electric cars and the like won't change anything, the real problem is over population, too many people on the planet
Solar influence is discounted from this theory then?
I am afraid you are wrong. The only accurate temperature records for the UK are available from the Met Office's own web site and apart from a limited number locations and start circa 1900. Please remember that accurate measurement was only possible with the invention and wide availability of the mercury thermometer. Ice cores and tree rings are only relevant in the area in which they are located.
Staggering isn't it that the simple fact we are only here talking about this is because we live in a time of global warming and have done so since the end of the last ice age.
Wonder when the doom & gloom merchants while stop ignoring that scientifically proven fact evidenced by the planets geological record and actually admit to that oh so inconvenient fact that gets in the way for them...
Wonder when the doom & gloom merchants while stop ignoring that scientifically proven fact evidenced by the planets geological record and actually admit to that oh so inconvenient fact that gets in the way for them...
You must exist in the 0.000000000000000001% of people still holding mad bonkers views like that.
China has said that it intends to be carbon neutral by 2060, so you can't say it's ignoring the issue, even if you don't believe what they say.
Dear BBC, the Earth has been getting warmer for the past 25,000+ years
As we come out of this Ice Age .. you know where 1km THICK of Ice has melted off both Hemispheres (As it has MANY times in the past 5 billion years) .. each year will most likely be hotter than the last one
Otherwise we'd be going back into an Ice Age
BTW CO2 was HALF the rate it is today when all that Ice melted
As we come out of this Ice Age .. you know where 1km THICK of Ice has melted off both Hemispheres (As it has MANY times in the past 5 billion years) .. each year will most likely be hotter than the last one
Otherwise we'd be going back into an Ice Age
BTW CO2 was HALF the rate it is today when all that Ice melted
Do you have a link?
It's worse now.
"At the end of the last ice age, CO2 rose from about 180 parts per million (ppm) in the atmosphere to about 260; and today we're at 392," explained lead author Dr Jeremy Shakun.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17611404#:~:text=%22At%20the%20end%20of%20the%20last%20ice%20age%2C,at%20392%2C%22%20explained%20lead%20author%20Dr%20Jeremy%20Shakun.
It's worse now.
"At the end of the last ice age, CO2 rose from about 180 parts per million (ppm) in the atmosphere to about 260; and today we're at 392," explained lead author Dr Jeremy Shakun.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17611404#:~:text=%22At%20the%20end%20of%20the%20last%20ice%20age%2C,at%20392%2C%22%20explained%20lead%20author%20Dr%20Jeremy%20Shakun.
You've just proved what I've said.
Yes, it's getting warmer every year. Funny how our summers are still so terrible
Only when humans become extinct will the planet recover, and at this rate it will not be too long....
The same as saying that cancer existed long before cigarettes. That means that cigarettes aren't the cause of cancer.
For those who want to read the report that the article doesn't link to, you can find it here https://library.wmo.int/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=21804#.X8e50LOnzIU
"The warmest six years in global records dating back to 1850 have now all occurred since 2015. "
Since 2015 we have only had 2016-2020 which is 5 years....FIVE years in which we have had the SIX warmest years???????
Since 2015 we have only had 2016-2020 which is 5 years....FIVE years in which we have had the SIX warmest years???????
Dear BBC, the Earth has been getting warmer for the past 25,000+ years
As we come out of this Ice Age .. you know where 1km THICK of Ice has melted off both Hemispheres (As it has MANY times in the past 5 billion years) .. each year will most likely be hotter than the last one
Otherwise we'd be going back into an Ice Age
BTW CO2 was HALF the rate it is today when all that Ice melted
As we come out of this Ice Age .. you know where 1km THICK of Ice has melted off both Hemispheres (As it has MANY times in the past 5 billion years) .. each year will most likely be hotter than the last one
Otherwise we'd be going back into an Ice Age
BTW CO2 was HALF the rate it is today when all that Ice melted
You do not know what you're talking about.
Climate modelling takes into account natural factors, solar output etc.
The dramatic rise in temperature we are seeing now is largely down to human activity.
Do you really think that digging up billions of tons of carbon that's taken 100s of millions of years to lay down, & then burning it all in 200 yrs is somehow consequence-free?
Climate modelling takes into account natural factors, solar output etc.
The dramatic rise in temperature we are seeing now is largely down to human activity.
Do you really think that digging up billions of tons of carbon that's taken 100s of millions of years to lay down, & then burning it all in 200 yrs is somehow consequence-free?
The start and end of Ice Ages are due to changes in the Earth's orbit in the majority
Combined with a general cooling of the Earth over Billions of years
Climate modelling uses Coal output at 500% above what it currently is .. reported by the BBC a few months ago
I seem to know more than you
Combined with a general cooling of the Earth over Billions of years
Climate modelling uses Coal output at 500% above what it currently is .. reported by the BBC a few months ago
I seem to know more than you
Once again I find myself struggling to know what to believe: the general consensus from a panel of global experts, or the 'genuine concerns' of 'NotaBot45121' on the BBC HYS
The Anthropogenic Global Warming crowd believe that their religion is so important that manipulating the raw data is acceptable. Hence the constant propaganda encapsulated by this article.
Without this manipulation, late 20th century warming would be nothing to write home about.
Without this manipulation, late 20th century warming would be nothing to write home about.
Is it coincidence that the day a vaccine is approved, fear-mongers immediately renew their Thunberg fan club suscriptions?
Yes, it's getting warmer every year. Funny how our summers are still so terrible
What, in Reigate?
Everything was shut down during due to Covid and we still had one of the warmest years on record. Not much point in bothering trying to reduce our carbon footprint then as it doesn't seem to make any difference. Might as well just enjoy life.
Yeah to further what Mr Smith was said, the damage we have done to the environment and atmosphere is not expect to heal in the course of a few months because we reduced emissions. Reducing emissions is to prevent further damage, not miraculously heal the damage already caused overnight.
odd report when according to NOAA toolkit the trend since 2015 is down
Only if you are totally ignorant of the concept of a trend, as you clearly are!
What a stupid comment.. please keep your mouth shut, we don't want all that hot air released at once, give the earth a chance to cool down.
Your clearly not the brightest crayon in the pack are you, extinction is a thing, it happens, more fool you if you think humans are immune to it... okk Stupid
IMO we cannot deny the fact that climate will change over time and we would be stupid to deny this fact. Also, IMO, placing all the blame on MAN-MADE CLIMATE CHANGE is just as stupid.
Its a natural cycle thats always happened, only now you have puppets like greta funsponge pushing the narrative.
No, you are wrong.
The current unprecedented rate of warming is not natural, it's down to human activities. This has been scientifically proven if you care to do some basic research.
The current unprecedented rate of warming is not natural, it's down to human activities. This has been scientifically proven if you care to do some basic research.
2020 in the top 3 hottest years - errm since records began just a couple of hundred years ago. The earth's climate has been fluctuating wildly for millions of years - because it does. The Little Ice Age was a period of cooling that occurred 1300 and 1860 - and we are still coming out of that. Nothing that man can change (not even taxes). Learn to live with it, not to try to change it!.......
No. You are wrong.
The Little Ice Age, like the Medieval Warm Period were localised and well-understood events that mainly affected the northern hemisphere.
The unprecedented steep rises in temperature that we are witnessing now are global.
The Little Ice Age, like the Medieval Warm Period were localised and well-understood events that mainly affected the northern hemisphere.
The unprecedented steep rises in temperature that we are witnessing now are global.
Basically do nothing because we can't understand it, it's too complicated, it won't affect me, BUT it will affect all of our children. And if using less hydrocarbons, which can maybe be used for something else, or doing things more efficiently can help why not do them?
Yes, it's getting warmer every year. Funny how our summers are still so terrible
I'm excited about the change to a carbon free future. There is going to be lots of innovation and advances in technology that are going to make us wonder why were ever pulled dirty coal and oil out of the ground in the first place. The plant has been badly affected by what we have done but the future is bright, as long as we embrace the changes that we need to make.
Staggering isn't it that the simple fact we are only here talking about this is because we live in a time of global warming and have done so since the end of the last ice age.
Wonder when the doom & gloom merchants while stop ignoring that scientifically proven fact evidenced by the planets geological record and actually admit to that oh so inconvenient fact that gets in the way for them...
Wonder when the doom & gloom merchants while stop ignoring that scientifically proven fact evidenced by the planets geological record and actually admit to that oh so inconvenient fact that gets in the way for them...
Sadly you must be one of the growing number of ignorant who try but fail to ignore PROVEN FACTS like that...
Or are you still living in an ice age with the central heating turned up full blast...
Facts, especially proven and verifiable facts must be an inconvenience for you eh !!!
PS: Do provide me with evidence that when not in an ice age the earth IS NOT in a period of warming ???
Or are you still living in an ice age with the central heating turned up full blast...
Facts, especially proven and verifiable facts must be an inconvenience for you eh !!!
PS: Do provide me with evidence that when not in an ice age the earth IS NOT in a period of warming ???
I find it staggering that there are still people who think that the current change to our climate has nothing to do with human activity. Until these neanderthals depart from this mortal coil, doing something about the problems we have caused is going to be a constant battle.
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World population 7.8Bn and growing daily all wanting a "better" lifestyle. Small wonder there is a problem.
You keep putting 1950’s solutions to 2050’s problems.
Remarkable the correlation in the names of those who are deniers & those who generally have far right-wing views. Occasionally they'll switch their argument to over population. They usually cite Africa, but the problem is 10% of the world's population:
https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/the-worlds-richest-people-also-emit-the-most-carbon
Don't fall for right-wing lies!
https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/the-worlds-richest-people-also-emit-the-most-carbon
Don't fall for right-wing lies!
Right now, the problem is not the 7.8bn who might dream about a better lifestyle. The problem is now, the problem is the wealthy 20% that consumes so much they (we) generates 80% of emissions.
Can you explain why, if population increase is the cause of the problem, we could manage to ban CFCs and already observe signs of recovery in the ozone later without solving the "problem" of population increase? Because it's pretty obvious that doing nothing didn't work there and doing something did.
Indeed. 7.8bn today and doubling every 50 odd years.
At this rate, in 200 years the population will be over 100 billion.
It's the elephant in the room, but still people say it's ok and everything would be fine if we all turned vegetarian.
At this rate, in 200 years the population will be over 100 billion.
It's the elephant in the room, but still people say it's ok and everything would be fine if we all turned vegetarian.
Impact of global warming will dwarf what we have experienced with COVID 19 so far. Unfortunately there will not be a vaccine to retrospectively prevent the disaster we face in this century. Our government are saying they are committed to a green future, however here we are with Heathrow given the green light by the conservatives to appeal for a 3rd runway on the edge this huge city! Seriously!?
Life has been far more abundant in Earth's history when the Climate had more CO2 - because that increases plant growth rate - which increases the ability of the Earth to support more life
Conversely most life on Earth died at the height of the last Ice Age 25,000 years ago
Conversely most life on Earth died at the height of the last Ice Age 25,000 years ago
The industrial revolution that was powered by the mass burning of fossil fuels has saved millions of lives. Look at infant mortality.
Look at life expectancy - we just bankrupted ourselves and caused thousands of deaths from cancer and poverty, just to extend the life of some 80 year olds by a few months. The Industrial Revolution nearly double life expectancy.
I'd take carbon over poverty.
Look at life expectancy - we just bankrupted ourselves and caused thousands of deaths from cancer and poverty, just to extend the life of some 80 year olds by a few months. The Industrial Revolution nearly double life expectancy.
I'd take carbon over poverty.
And even if there was a vaccine, the climate-change denying cretins would refuse to have it because "it's got aluminium mind control nanobots" and "it impinges on my civil liberties" and all that stupid whining nonsense. Can we just make it legal to slap them?
"The warmest six years in global records dating back to 1850 have now all occurred since 2015. "
Since 2015 we have only had 2016-2020 which is 5 years....FIVE years in which we have had the SIX warmest years???????
Since 2015 we have only had 2016-2020 which is 5 years....FIVE years in which we have had the SIX warmest years???????
Especially as USA is the worst Co2 emitter per capita by a significant margin. Its remarkable that despite manufacturing a huge chunk of the worlds products China emits less than half the Co2 per person than the USA does. The USA should be absolutely ashamed.
Yes we are extremely fortunate not to live in an ice age; just enjoy while it lasts. However it is something completely out or our control; as with the virus the attempts to control it do more harm than than the perceived threat. Temperatures just like infections will come down of their own accord if left alone. Lockdowns and masks are the new windfarms; equally useless, equally damaging.
"The warmest six years in global records dating back to 1850 have now all occurred since 2015. "
Since 2015 we have only had 2016-2020 which is 5 years....FIVE years in which we have had the SIX warmest years???????
Since 2015 we have only had 2016-2020 which is 5 years....FIVE years in which we have had the SIX warmest years???????
China is the biggest polluter of the world as it is producing so
Much for the mass market. What China says is to lead everyone down the garden path. Trump was right to pullout as unfair limits were set but not for China. We need not worry about the climate if China takes us all over with another Covid
Much for the mass market. What China says is to lead everyone down the garden path. Trump was right to pullout as unfair limits were set but not for China. We need not worry about the climate if China takes us all over with another Covid
The BBC pushing global warming again, but no mention of the the fact that Delhi this year has had its coldest October in 58 years followed by its coldest November in 71 years.
No mention of Labrador having the most November snow in its recorded history. Nor of Toronto having the most Nov snow in its recorded history.
I wonder why they are claiming "warmest" on the basis of figures only to October?
No mention of Labrador having the most November snow in its recorded history. Nor of Toronto having the most Nov snow in its recorded history.
I wonder why they are claiming "warmest" on the basis of figures only to October?
And my mother smoked 30 fags a day until the day she died, never did her any harm, only the cancer killed her when she was 45....
DD, it is possible to have a few cold days somewhere and for it also be the world's warmest on record. Think just a little. And the extremes of weather, or climate chaos, is also a sign that something is really going screwball with the climate
Imagine a BBC headline - it wasn't as warm as it was last year.
That's one you won't be seeing
That's one you won't be seeing
2020 in the top 3 hottest years - errm since records began just a couple of hundred years ago. The earth's climate has been fluctuating wildly for millions of years - because it does. The Little Ice Age was a period of cooling that occurred 1300 and 1860 - and we are still coming out of that. Nothing that man can change (not even taxes). Learn to live with it, not to try to change it!.......
Kids, worry about getting a job, a house and no debts. Don't let the BBC deflect you from those aims. As Heraclitus penned centuries ago, nature is in a state of constant flux.
So with hardly any flights and none of us using / trains / busses and cars to go to work/ travel etc....And it still gets warmer?!
Obviously; As i've always thought?... Global-warming is NOT man-made and the world is naturally getting warmer before it then goes colder in another few decades time.
Think?..From ancient romans growing grapes in the UK to the frozen over Thames in the C17th..
Obviously; As i've always thought?... Global-warming is NOT man-made and the world is naturally getting warmer before it then goes colder in another few decades time.
Think?..From ancient romans growing grapes in the UK to the frozen over Thames in the C17th..
You have no argument because that didn’t happen. Fewer flights and less driving is far from none. Industry and domestic gas didn’t shut down. We still burnt gas for power in the UK. We slightly reduced the rate of emissions that’s all.
Global warming continues because of the about of GHG in the atmosphere. It doesn't disappear just because we stop emitting. It's like a tap being turned of for 5 seconds whilst filling a bath.
Please read any basic article about global warming before posting, otherwise you look like a bit of an ignoramus.
Please read any basic article about global warming before posting, otherwise you look like a bit of an ignoramus.
Imagine a BBC headline - it wasn't as warm as it was last year.
That's one you won't be seeing
That's one you won't be seeing
I'm excited about the change to a carbon free future. There is going to be lots of innovation and advances in technology that are going to make us wonder why were ever pulled dirty coal and oil out of the ground in the first place. The plant has been badly affected by what we have done but the future is bright, as long as we embrace the changes that we need to make.
Sorry but I suspect the future is going yo be very dark before it 'lightens'
More & more people, more & more consumption, more & more pollution/carbon as the 80% of the world that is '3rd' world develop. even more still
More competition for ever declining resources, water being key, more & more conflict among humans over those resources compounded by cultural issues
Future does not look 'bright'
More & more people, more & more consumption, more & more pollution/carbon as the 80% of the world that is '3rd' world develop. even more still
More competition for ever declining resources, water being key, more & more conflict among humans over those resources compounded by cultural issues
Future does not look 'bright'
The article states "...act to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon world...". What will the Vegies eat - plants need CO2?
Plants need CO2 - 150ppm or less they will not survive, 1200ppm and they will flourish (thats why CO2 is pumped into greenhouses). We are currently about 400ppm I think. A little bit more is a good thing.
Attribution:
Inconvenient Facts - Gregory Wrightstone (2017).
Plants need CO2 - 150ppm or less they will not survive, 1200ppm and they will flourish (thats why CO2 is pumped into greenhouses). We are currently about 400ppm I think. A little bit more is a good thing.
Attribution:
Inconvenient Facts - Gregory Wrightstone (2017).
Gregory Wrightstone from the Heartland Institute.
Best know who to trust, I am pretty sure all his crazy stuff has been debunked.
Quick test, is this person taking money from the oil industry for producing propaganda?
Best know who to trust, I am pretty sure all his crazy stuff has been debunked.
Quick test, is this person taking money from the oil industry for producing propaganda?
For Christ sake, DONT apply for GCSE's next year, let alone University!
People can whitter on about "the temperature's always changed" as much as they like but that's just ignorant deflection.
We have temperature records going back tens of thousands of years in ice cores a& fossilised tree rings. Temperature has never risen so fast and so steeply than it is now and that's because human activity is causing it.
A charlatan on YouTube does not invalidate this fact.
We have temperature records going back tens of thousands of years in ice cores a& fossilised tree rings. Temperature has never risen so fast and so steeply than it is now and that's because human activity is causing it.
A charlatan on YouTube does not invalidate this fact.
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation starting up again after it had failed due to a catastrophic outflow of cold water from Lake Agassiz into the N Atlantic which started the Younger Dryas.
It's way past your bed time, son!
And why was that
Massive volcanic action
I do hope we do not have such issues or snowball earth
The difference is that we can avoid the death of billions.
Massive volcanic action
I do hope we do not have such issues or snowball earth
The difference is that we can avoid the death of billions.
It was the rebound from the cooling effect of draining Lake Aggazis off the Laurentine ice sheet into the Atlantic, with consequent cooling as billions of tons of fresh water disrupted the Gulf Stream.
an influx of fresh water that slowed the North Atlantic conveyor, that was localized not global
Younger Dryas was caused by a freak increase in meltwater flooding... Anomalies happen when circumstances fluctuate, fact of the world.
You know what (as far as the planet is concerned) is also a freak event?
A bunch of evolved monkeys digging up and burning millions of years of stored carbon.
Lets sit back and watch the results of it shall we?
You know what (as far as the planet is concerned) is also a freak event?
A bunch of evolved monkeys digging up and burning millions of years of stored carbon.
Lets sit back and watch the results of it shall we?
The BBC pushing global warming again, but no mention of the the fact that Delhi this year has had its coldest October in 58 years followed by its coldest November in 71 years.
No mention of Labrador having the most November snow in its recorded history. Nor of Toronto having the most Nov snow in its recorded history.
I wonder why they are claiming "warmest" on the basis of figures only to October?
No mention of Labrador having the most November snow in its recorded history. Nor of Toronto having the most Nov snow in its recorded history.
I wonder why they are claiming "warmest" on the basis of figures only to October?
Jez, Oh - talk about string of unconsciousness! Try and make a point.
"The warmest six years in global records dating back to 1850 have now all occurred since 2015. "
Since 2015 we have only had 2016-2020 which is 5 years....FIVE years in which we have had the SIX warmest years???????
Since 2015 we have only had 2016-2020 which is 5 years....FIVE years in which we have had the SIX warmest years???????
Imagine a BBC headline - it wasn't as warm as it was last year.
That's one you won't be seeing
That's one you won't be seeing
And still the climate change deniers push their brass necks out further to continue to deny the undeniable.
Do they know know shame or at least self respect or self awareness.
Do they know know shame or at least self respect or self awareness.
God knows how "Climate Extremists" can use "Rising Temperatures" to justify their extremism .. what else did you expect as we come out of an Ice Age ?
The Earth set in Aspic ?
The Earth get warmer, Ice Caps will melt, the Peram Frost will disappear .. as it has many, many times before
The Earth set in Aspic ?
The Earth get warmer, Ice Caps will melt, the Peram Frost will disappear .. as it has many, many times before
... and still those deniers of the earths natural cycles of going between ice ages and periods of global warming will push their collective brass brain cell out and pretend to themselves and deny to themselves the simple facts of planet earths natural cycles...
Do they know anything or at least have any self respect to not make such fools of themselves endlessly trying to ignore and deny facts...
Do they know anything or at least have any self respect to not make such fools of themselves endlessly trying to ignore and deny facts...
And still, blithering idiots ignore the real issue.. TOO MANY PEOPLE!! Get a life sunshine!!!
So with hardly any flights and none of us using / trains / busses and cars to go to work/ travel etc....And it still gets warmer?!
Obviously; As i've always thought?... Global-warming is NOT man-made and the world is naturally getting warmer before it then goes colder in another few decades time.
Think?..From ancient romans growing grapes in the UK to the frozen over Thames in the C17th..
Obviously; As i've always thought?... Global-warming is NOT man-made and the world is naturally getting warmer before it then goes colder in another few decades time.
Think?..From ancient romans growing grapes in the UK to the frozen over Thames in the C17th..
We had tropical forests in the past, ice age, just earth's big circle,, big problem is the population, out of control.
I'll bet you'll spit out your filthy rich dummy the moment someone comes along to suggest constructive long term ways of controlling population.
Your version no doubt involves exterminating vast swatches of human existence.
Unless you have a more humane, inclusive, long term & forward thinking policy of reducing birth rates, I'm pretty sure you wont be suggesting we start the cull with you, eh!
Your version no doubt involves exterminating vast swatches of human existence.
Unless you have a more humane, inclusive, long term & forward thinking policy of reducing birth rates, I'm pretty sure you wont be suggesting we start the cull with you, eh!
The BBC pushing global warming again, but no mention of the the fact that Delhi this year has had its coldest October in 58 years followed by its coldest November in 71 years.
No mention of Labrador having the most November snow in its recorded history. Nor of Toronto having the most Nov snow in its recorded history.
I wonder why they are claiming "warmest" on the basis of figures only to October?
No mention of Labrador having the most November snow in its recorded history. Nor of Toronto having the most Nov snow in its recorded history.
I wonder why they are claiming "warmest" on the basis of figures only to October?
The BBC pushing global warming again, but no mention of the the fact that Delhi this year has had its coldest October in 58 years followed by its coldest November in 71 years.
No mention of Labrador having the most November snow in its recorded history. Nor of Toronto having the most Nov snow in its recorded history.
I wonder why they are claiming "warmest" on the basis of figures only to October?
No mention of Labrador having the most November snow in its recorded history. Nor of Toronto having the most Nov snow in its recorded history.
I wonder why they are claiming "warmest" on the basis of figures only to October?
After global lockdown, millions not communiting, air traffic down 80%. Reality is this has very little to do with the combustion engine.
They'll probably blame that clean air we had in 2020 for warming the planet as the sun can now shine through clearer skies unhindered and warm the planet more quickly.
It's all a load of scaremongering BS, the planet has and is going through a natural cycle of warming since the end of the last ice, it will continue to do so for several thousand years to come with or without man made pollution...
It's all a load of scaremongering BS, the planet has and is going through a natural cycle of warming since the end of the last ice, it will continue to do so for several thousand years to come with or without man made pollution...
Except until a couple of hundred years ago the average trend was down towards the next ice age.
China is the biggest polluter of the world as it is producing so
Much for the mass market. What China says is to lead everyone down the garden path. Trump was right to pullout as unfair limits were set but not for China. We need not worry about the climate if China takes us all over with another Covid
Much for the mass market. What China says is to lead everyone down the garden path. Trump was right to pullout as unfair limits were set but not for China. We need not worry about the climate if China takes us all over with another Covid
China is in fact one of the leading countries in green initiatives and per capita is vastly lower than places like the USA which have no excuse and emits more than twice the CO2 per person. One thing China can do better than anyone else in the world is evolve - their industry moves at a staggering rate.
People can whitter on about "the temperature's always changed" as much as they like but that's just ignorant deflection.
We have temperature records going back tens of thousands of years in ice cores a& fossilised tree rings. Temperature has never risen so fast and so steeply than it is now and that's because human activity is causing it.
A charlatan on YouTube does not invalidate this fact.
We have temperature records going back tens of thousands of years in ice cores a& fossilised tree rings. Temperature has never risen so fast and so steeply than it is now and that's because human activity is causing it.
A charlatan on YouTube does not invalidate this fact.
"Temperature has never risen so fast and so steeply than it is now and that's because human activity is causing it."
You don't have temperature records for the previous Ice Ages, so you have NO IDEA how fast temperatures will rise at the end of an Ice Age
"Climate Science" shows less Ice & loss of Perma Frost accelerates temperature rise - what else did you expect ?
You don't have temperature records for the previous Ice Ages, so you have NO IDEA how fast temperatures will rise at the end of an Ice Age
"Climate Science" shows less Ice & loss of Perma Frost accelerates temperature rise - what else did you expect ?
We have temperature records going back 100s of 1000s of years from ice cores, so yes we do know how temperatures rise after an ice age. Do keep up.
As a professional Quaternary Geologist, I can promise you we do through highly reliable proxy records. I specialise in fossil pollen, but there’s plenty of other fossil data, isotope data etc. including the ice core data mentioned by others here. It might have passed you by, but experts read the BBC as well.
Just because you don't understand the science or are unaware of how ancient climates can be reconstructed doesn't means it's wrong. It does mean that you're spouting ignorant nonsense .
World population 7.8Bn and growing daily all wanting a "better" lifestyle. Small wonder there is a problem.
Surprisingly enough it IS going to happen no matter what Climate Extremists say or do .. because it's happened over and over again for the past 5 Billion Years
You do understand what history is don't you ?
King Canute anyone ?
You do understand what history is don't you ?
King Canute anyone ?
You do realise ignoring facts and history is childish ?
A Logic denier....
World population 7.8Bn and growing daily all wanting a "better" lifestyle. Small wonder there is a problem.
The article states "...act to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon world...". What will the Vegies eat - plants need CO2?
Plants need CO2 - 150ppm or less they will not survive, 1200ppm and they will flourish (thats why CO2 is pumped into greenhouses). We are currently about 400ppm I think. A little bit more is a good thing.
Attribution:
Inconvenient Facts - Gregory Wrightstone (2017).
Plants need CO2 - 150ppm or less they will not survive, 1200ppm and they will flourish (thats why CO2 is pumped into greenhouses). We are currently about 400ppm I think. A little bit more is a good thing.
Attribution:
Inconvenient Facts - Gregory Wrightstone (2017).
The article states "...act to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon world...". What will the Vegies eat - plants need CO2?
Plants need CO2 - 150ppm or less they will not survive, 1200ppm and they will flourish (thats why CO2 is pumped into greenhouses). We are currently about 400ppm I think. A little bit more is a good thing.
Attribution:
Inconvenient Facts - Gregory Wrightstone (2017).
Plants need CO2 - 150ppm or less they will not survive, 1200ppm and they will flourish (thats why CO2 is pumped into greenhouses). We are currently about 400ppm I think. A little bit more is a good thing.
Attribution:
Inconvenient Facts - Gregory Wrightstone (2017).
To late son, to late. (and your apostrophes are in the wrong place - as are your commas) ;-(
And Ronald McDonald pulling out of the Paris Accord completely!
Lest we forget . . .
Lest we forget . . .
Aw come on. CC deniers don’t exist anymore. They used to be those guys with the funny haircuts that hung out with the flat-earthers. Until the flat-earthers realised they were giving them a bad name and asked them to leave. Even Donald doesn’t want them any more.
Everything was shut down during due to Covid and we still had one of the warmest years on record. Not much point in bothering trying to reduce our carbon footprint then as it doesn't seem to make any difference. Might as well just enjoy life.
Where would the BBC be without doom and desponsity? No sooner is covid and brexit coming under control dear old aunty now returns to global warming. Is there a whole department of hand wringers at head office?
We’ve now learned plenty about how we’ve lived and how we can change for the better; we must act ourselves and challenge all powers with influence to act properly, otherwise things will get worse.