february breaks global temperature records by shocking amount
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I have explained that to you several times before but it is like talking to a goldfish!!
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So, what can we do, desh?
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But what's the plan? What does science tell us will work in this sort of scenario?
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We had a warm year. That doesn't really prove one way or another that man's activities caused it.
But what's the plan, even if we did cause it? What are you proposing?
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Why aren't you answering the question?
According to "science," what action can we take right now?
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http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/
The Clean Power Plan
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Extreme Weather: Impacts of Climate Change
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Climate Change, Water, and Risk
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Climate change will have a significant impact on the sustainability of water supplies in the coming decades. A new analysis, performed by consulting firm Tetra Tech for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), examined the effects of global warming on water supply and demand in the contiguous United States. The study found that more than 1,100 counties -- one-third of all counties in the lower 48 -- will face higher risks of water shortages by mid-century as the result of global warming. More than 400 of these counties will face extremely high risks of water shortages. Read more »
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The Clean Power Plan
Climate change is the greatest environmental threat of our time, endangering our health, communities, economy, and national security. The Clean Power Plan represents the most important step the United States can take right now to combat climate change and help spur climate action around the globe. Read more »
Overview
An Introduction to Climate Change
An Introduction to Climate Change
Climate change is changing our economy, health and communities in diverse ways. Find out what it could mean for you and your family. Read more »
Overview
Extreme Weather: Impacts of Climate Change
Extreme Weather: Impacts of Climate Change
When it comes to connecting the dots between climate change, extreme weather and health, the lines are clear. The earth is saying something with record heat, drought, storms and fire. Scientists are telling us this is what global warming looks like. Read more »
Analysis
Climate Report Card
Climate Report Card
The world's top polluters had some important homework to do before the Paris climate talks in December. Here's how their carbon-cutting pledges score. Read more »
Overview
Using the Clean Air Act to Limit Carbon Pollution
Using the Clean Air Act to Limit Carbon Pollution
In the United States, electric power plants emit more than two billion tons of carbon dioxide each year, or roughly 40 percent of total emissions. The nation's landmark air pollution law could cut that number significantly. Read more »
Fact Sheet
Climate Change, Water, and Risk
Climate Change, Water, and Risk
Climate change will have a significant impact on the sustainability of water supplies in the coming decades. A new analysis, performed by consulting firm Tetra Tech for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), examined the effects of global warming on water supply and demand in the contiguous United States. The study found that more than 1,100 counties -- one-third of all counties in the lower 48 -- will face higher risks of water shortages by mid-century as the result of global warming. More than 400 of these counties will face extremely high risks of water shortages. Read more »
Overview
global warming solutions
Solutions
Solving global warming will improve our lives by cleaning up air pollution while investing in clean energy, green jobs and smart energy solutions that get the U.S. economy moving again. We need to drive smarter cars, save money with energy efficient homes and offices, and build better communities and transportation networks. See how we can solve the climate crisis today. Read more »
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Climate Change Threatens Health
Climate Change Threatens Health
Climate change is one of the most serious public health threats facing the nation, but few people are aware of how it can affect them. Children, the elderly, and communities living in poverty are the most vulnerable. Explore our interactive maps to see climate-health threats in your state, actions that are being taken to prepare communities from climate change's serious health threats, and what you can do about them. Read more »
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming
Global warming and climate change are terms for the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects.[2]
Multiple lines of scientific evidence show that the climate system is warming.[3][4][5] Although the increase of near-surface atmospheric temperature is the measure of global warming often reported in the popular press, most of the additional energy stored in the climate system since 1970 has gone into ocean warming. The remainder has melted ice and warmed the continents and atmosphere.[6][a] Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia.[7]
Scientific understanding of global warming is increasing. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported in 2014 that scientists were more than 95% certain that global warming is mostly being caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) and other human (anthropogenic) activities.[8][9][10] Climate model projections summarized in the report indicated that during the 21st century the global surface temperature is likely to rise a further 0.3 to 1.7 °C (0.5 to 3.1 °F) for their lowest emissions scenario using stringent mitigation and 2.6 to 4.8 °C (4.7 to 8.6 °F) for their highest.[11] These findings have been recognized by the national science academies of the major industrialized nations[12] and are not disputed by any scientific body of national or international standing.[14]
Future climate change and associated impacts will differ from region to region around the globe.[15][16] Anticipated effects include warming global temperature, rising sea levels, changing precipitation, and expansion of deserts in the subtropics.[17] Warming is expected to be greater over land than over the oceans and greatest in the Arctic, with the continuing retreat of glaciers, permafrost and sea ice. Other likely changes include more frequent extreme weather events including heat waves, droughts, heavy rainfall with floods and heavy snowfall;[18] ocean acidification; and species extinctions due to shifting temperature regimes. Effects significant to humans include the threat to food security from decreasing crop yields and the abandonment of populated areas due to rising sea levels.[19][20]
Possible societal responses to global warming include mitigation by emissions reduction, adaptation to its effects, building systems resilient to its effects, and possible future climate engineering. Most countries are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),[21] whose ultimate objective is to prevent dangerous anthropogenic climate change.[22] The UNFCCC have adopted a range of policies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions[23][24][25][26] and to assist in adaptation to global warming.[23][26][27][28] Parties to the UNFCCC have agreed that deep cuts in emissions are required,[29] and that future global warming should be limited to below 2.0 °C (3.6 °F) relative to the pre-industrial level.[29][c]
On 12 November 2015, NASA scientists reported that human-made carbon dioxide (CO2) continues to increase above levels not seen in hundreds of thousands of years: currently, about half of the carbon dioxide released from the burning of fossil fuels is not absorbed by vegetation and the oceans and remains in the atmosphere
Global warming and climate change are terms for the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects.[2]
Multiple lines of scientific evidence show that the climate system is warming.[3][4][5] Although the increase of near-surface atmospheric temperature is the measure of global warming often reported in the popular press, most of the additional energy stored in the climate system since 1970 has gone into ocean warming. The remainder has melted ice and warmed the continents and atmosphere.[6][a] Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia.[7]
Scientific understanding of global warming is increasing. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported in 2014 that scientists were more than 95% certain that global warming is mostly being caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) and other human (anthropogenic) activities.[8][9][10] Climate model projections summarized in the report indicated that during the 21st century the global surface temperature is likely to rise a further 0.3 to 1.7 °C (0.5 to 3.1 °F) for their lowest emissions scenario using stringent mitigation and 2.6 to 4.8 °C (4.7 to 8.6 °F) for their highest.[11] These findings have been recognized by the national science academies of the major industrialized nations[12] and are not disputed by any scientific body of national or international standing.[14]
Future climate change and associated impacts will differ from region to region around the globe.[15][16] Anticipated effects include warming global temperature, rising sea levels, changing precipitation, and expansion of deserts in the subtropics.[17] Warming is expected to be greater over land than over the oceans and greatest in the Arctic, with the continuing retreat of glaciers, permafrost and sea ice. Other likely changes include more frequent extreme weather events including heat waves, droughts, heavy rainfall with floods and heavy snowfall;[18] ocean acidification; and species extinctions due to shifting temperature regimes. Effects significant to humans include the threat to food security from decreasing crop yields and the abandonment of populated areas due to rising sea levels.[19][20]
Possible societal responses to global warming include mitigation by emissions reduction, adaptation to its effects, building systems resilient to its effects, and possible future climate engineering. Most countries are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),[21] whose ultimate objective is to prevent dangerous anthropogenic climate change.[22] The UNFCCC have adopted a range of policies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions[23][24][25][26] and to assist in adaptation to global warming.[23][26][27][28] Parties to the UNFCCC have agreed that deep cuts in emissions are required,[29] and that future global warming should be limited to below 2.0 °C (3.6 °F) relative to the pre-industrial level.[29][c]
On 12 November 2015, NASA scientists reported that human-made carbon dioxide (CO2) continues to increase above levels not seen in hundreds of thousands of years: currently, about half of the carbon dioxide released from the burning of fossil fuels is not absorbed by vegetation and the oceans and remains in the atmosphere
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Possible responses to global warming
See also: Climate action
Mitigation
Main article: Climate change mitigation
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The graph on the right shows three "pathways" to meet the UNFCCC's 2 °C target, labelled "global technology", "decentralised solutions", and "consumption change". Each pathway shows how various measures (e.g., improved energy efficiency, increased use of renewable energy) could contribute to emissions reductions. Image credit: PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.[205]
Mitigation of climate change are actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, or enhance the capacity of carbon sinks to absorb GHGs from the atmosphere.[206] There is a large potential for future reductions in emissions by a combination of activities, including: energy conservation and increased energy efficiency; the use of low-carbon energy technologies, such as renewable energy, nuclear energy, and carbon capture and storage;[207][208] and enhancing carbon sinks through, for example, reforestation and preventing deforestation.[207][208] A 2015 report by Citibank concluded that transitioning to a low carbon economy would yield positive return on investments.[209]
Near- and long-term trends in the global energy system are inconsistent with limiting global warming at below 1.5 or 2 °C, relative to pre-industrial levels.[210][211] Pledges made as part of the Cancún agreements are broadly consistent with having a likely chance (66 to 100% probability) of limiting global warming (in the 21st century) at below 3 °C, relative to pre-industrial levels.[211]
In limiting warming at below 2 °C, more stringent emission reductions in the near-term would allow for less rapid reductions after 2030.[212] Many integrated models are unable to meet the 2 °C target if pessimistic assumptions are made about the availability of mitigation technologies.[213]
Adaptation
Main article: Adaptation to global warming
Other policy responses include adaptation to climate change. Adaptation to climate change may be planned, either in reaction to or anticipation of climate change, or spontaneous, i.e., without government intervention.[214] Planned adaptation is already occurring on a limited basis.[207] The barriers, limits, and costs of future adaptation are not fully understood.[207]
A concept related to adaptation is adaptive capacity, which is the ability of a system (human, natural or managed) to adjust to climate change (including climate variability and extremes) to moderate potential damages, to take advantage of opportunities, or to cope with consequences.[215] Unmitigated climate change (i.e., future climate change without efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions) would, in the long term, be likely to exceed the capacity of natural, managed and human systems to adapt.[216]
Environmental organizations and public figures have emphasized changes in the climate and the risks they entail, while promoting adaptation to changes in infrastructural needs and emissions reductions.[217]
Climate engineering
Main article: Climate engineering
Climate engineering (sometimes called geoengineering or climate intervention) is the deliberate modification of the climate. It has been investigated as a possible response to global warming, e.g. by NASA[218] and the Royal Society.[219] Techniques under research fall generally into the categories solar radiation management and carbon dioxide removal, although various other schemes have been suggested. A study from 2014 investigated the most common climate engineering methods and concluded they are either ineffective or have potentially severe side effects and cannot be stopped without causing rapid climate change.[220]
See also: Climate action
Mitigation
Main article: Climate change mitigation
Refer to caption and image description
The graph on the right shows three "pathways" to meet the UNFCCC's 2 °C target, labelled "global technology", "decentralised solutions", and "consumption change". Each pathway shows how various measures (e.g., improved energy efficiency, increased use of renewable energy) could contribute to emissions reductions. Image credit: PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.[205]
Mitigation of climate change are actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, or enhance the capacity of carbon sinks to absorb GHGs from the atmosphere.[206] There is a large potential for future reductions in emissions by a combination of activities, including: energy conservation and increased energy efficiency; the use of low-carbon energy technologies, such as renewable energy, nuclear energy, and carbon capture and storage;[207][208] and enhancing carbon sinks through, for example, reforestation and preventing deforestation.[207][208] A 2015 report by Citibank concluded that transitioning to a low carbon economy would yield positive return on investments.[209]
Near- and long-term trends in the global energy system are inconsistent with limiting global warming at below 1.5 or 2 °C, relative to pre-industrial levels.[210][211] Pledges made as part of the Cancún agreements are broadly consistent with having a likely chance (66 to 100% probability) of limiting global warming (in the 21st century) at below 3 °C, relative to pre-industrial levels.[211]
In limiting warming at below 2 °C, more stringent emission reductions in the near-term would allow for less rapid reductions after 2030.[212] Many integrated models are unable to meet the 2 °C target if pessimistic assumptions are made about the availability of mitigation technologies.[213]
Adaptation
Main article: Adaptation to global warming
Other policy responses include adaptation to climate change. Adaptation to climate change may be planned, either in reaction to or anticipation of climate change, or spontaneous, i.e., without government intervention.[214] Planned adaptation is already occurring on a limited basis.[207] The barriers, limits, and costs of future adaptation are not fully understood.[207]
A concept related to adaptation is adaptive capacity, which is the ability of a system (human, natural or managed) to adjust to climate change (including climate variability and extremes) to moderate potential damages, to take advantage of opportunities, or to cope with consequences.[215] Unmitigated climate change (i.e., future climate change without efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions) would, in the long term, be likely to exceed the capacity of natural, managed and human systems to adapt.[216]
Environmental organizations and public figures have emphasized changes in the climate and the risks they entail, while promoting adaptation to changes in infrastructural needs and emissions reductions.[217]
Climate engineering
Main article: Climate engineering
Climate engineering (sometimes called geoengineering or climate intervention) is the deliberate modification of the climate. It has been investigated as a possible response to global warming, e.g. by NASA[218] and the Royal Society.[219] Techniques under research fall generally into the categories solar radiation management and carbon dioxide removal, although various other schemes have been suggested. A study from 2014 investigated the most common climate engineering methods and concluded they are either ineffective or have potentially severe side effects and cannot be stopped without causing rapid climate change.[220]
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Scientific discussion
See also: Scientific opinion on climate change and Surveys of scientists' views on climate change
Nearly all scientists agree that humans are contributing to observed climate change.[84][235] At least 9 surveys of scientists and meta studies of academic papers concerning global warming have been carried out since 2004. While up to 18% of scientists surveyed might disagree with the consensus view, when restricted to scientists publishing in the field of climate, 97 to 100% agreed with the consensus: most of the current warming is anthropogenic (caused by humans). National science academies have called on world leaders for policies to cut global emissions.[236]
In the scientific literature, there is a strong consensus that global surface temperatures have increased in recent decades and that the trend is caused mainly by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases. No scientific body of national or international standing disagrees with this view.[14][237]
See also: Scientific opinion on climate change and Surveys of scientists' views on climate change
Nearly all scientists agree that humans are contributing to observed climate change.[84][235] At least 9 surveys of scientists and meta studies of academic papers concerning global warming have been carried out since 2004. While up to 18% of scientists surveyed might disagree with the consensus view, when restricted to scientists publishing in the field of climate, 97 to 100% agreed with the consensus: most of the current warming is anthropogenic (caused by humans). National science academies have called on world leaders for policies to cut global emissions.[236]
In the scientific literature, there is a strong consensus that global surface temperatures have increased in recent decades and that the trend is caused mainly by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases. No scientific body of national or international standing disagrees with this view.[14][237]
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So what?
No cataclysmic events. We are all still alive aren't we? Stop the fear mongering.
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What is Deshtard doing about it other than posting here? Want to compare your carbon footprint with mine Deshtard?
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I read the article under the link "Skeptics say the Clean Power Plan won't make a difference...nonsense!"
It purports to list reasons why the plan will have an effect, but the best it can come up with is that by 2030, the plan would reduce emissions from coal by 22%. And it seems to think that makes any quantifiable difference in actual climate change.
It's really one of the most ignorant things on the topic that I have ever read in my life. As I keep telling you - even committed AGW scientists acknowledge that even if the entire globe stopped emissions today, it would be centuries and likely over 1,000 years before there was ANY discernible difference. And this site talks about a mere 22% reduction domestically, in only one area of emissions, as making some sort of impact.
It's embarrassing. You & yours claim that science is on your side - but you ignore science when it comes to the most pertinent part of the discussion: actually solving the problem.
It purports to list reasons why the plan will have an effect, but the best it can come up with is that by 2030, the plan would reduce emissions from coal by 22%. And it seems to think that makes any quantifiable difference in actual climate change.
It's really one of the most ignorant things on the topic that I have ever read in my life. As I keep telling you - even committed AGW scientists acknowledge that even if the entire globe stopped emissions today, it would be centuries and likely over 1,000 years before there was ANY discernible difference. And this site talks about a mere 22% reduction domestically, in only one area of emissions, as making some sort of impact.
It's embarrassing. You & yours claim that science is on your side - but you ignore science when it comes to the most pertinent part of the discussion: actually solving the problem.
So, since nobody else has done it, I'll do it.
Why don't 'we see what the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), which is the organisation referenced in the article, says on this new project?
So let's nutshell that, shall we? What they're saying is:
Yes, climate change is happening, but there appears to be a decade-based pattern in certain geographical areas where there seems to be some cause of a decadal hiatus - we're going to try to find out what's causing that.
What we are NOT doing, however, is denying the existence of climate change, that it has been caused and/or affected by humanity, and we do in fact believe that it is "...one of society’s most pressing problems."
It seems as the author of the article that references NOC (and the OP) hope to use a research project that acknowledges and accepts that climate change is real in order to deny climate change.
How stupid can you get?
Why don't 'we see what the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), which is the organisation referenced in the article, says on this new project?
So let's nutshell that, shall we? What they're saying is:
Yes, climate change is happening, but there appears to be a decade-based pattern in certain geographical areas where there seems to be some cause of a decadal hiatus - we're going to try to find out what's causing that.
What we are NOT doing, however, is denying the existence of climate change, that it has been caused and/or affected by humanity, and we do in fact believe that it is "...one of society’s most pressing problems."
It seems as the author of the article that references NOC (and the OP) hope to use a research project that acknowledges and accepts that climate change is real in order to deny climate change.
How stupid can you get?