Why is the climate changing. (Page 72)

Sir Loin
Sir Loin: Well, the place would sure smell nice
Until someone started burning it
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Sir Loin
Sir Loin: Don't use it myself, with only half a brain I get stoned too easily
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kittybobo34
kittybobo34: wondering too, if the planet gets hot, forest fires will be the norm everywhere, is there enough oxygen to allow us to survive, especially if the plankton starts dieing
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Sir Loin
Sir Loin: That won't necessarily happen. Ocean currents will and are changing which will affect climates on land, some places will become deserts like is happening now to West coast USA and Eastern Aussie as cold currents replace warm but in other places warm currents will create rainforest in coastal areas.
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kittybobo34
kittybobo34: Hope so
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Sir Loin
Sir Loin: We might see the Namib Desert become tropical forest providing a new habitat for gorillas.
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kittybobo34
kittybobo34: I just think all this will happen to fast for most animal and plant life to make the switch
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Sir Loin
Sir Loin: yeah, it's a long way from Congo to Namibia and gorillas can't drive
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kittybobo34
kittybobo34: I am sure there will be organizations trying to help, they will have to compete with humans trying to survive too
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Sir Loin
Sir Loin: Although one was taught to use sign language
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kittybobo34
kittybobo34: she died recently didn't she
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kittybobo34
kittybobo34: Koko
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Sir Loin
Sir Loin: Oh bugger it! This world is fucked. I'm gonna move back into the mountains and be a hermit again
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kittybobo34
kittybobo34: probably wise move
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Sir Loin
Sir Loin: yes, I heard Koko had died. I was upset because my ex gf was called Koko and I thought it was her
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Sir Loin
Sir Loin: She might be my ex but we're still friends and she played music at mine and Asiababes wedding
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Sir Loin
Sir Loin: She plays bass in an all girl, Japanese death metal band if you can imagine that
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Sir Loin
Sir Loin: Think AC/DC in lingerie
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kittybobo34
kittybobo34: nope, can't imagine that
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zeffur
zeffur: 30 years of global warming predictions show just how bad scientists are at predicting global temps & that they should based their models on REAL temp changes not their fantasy models to scare people, when it isn't necessary.
src: https://www.wsj.com/articles/thirty-years-on-how-well-do-global-warming-predictions-stand-up-1529623442
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-how-well-have-climate-models-projected-global-warming

How hot was it in the past & life still existed?
"Scientists have reconstructed the climatic development of the Arctic Ocean during the Cretaceous period, 145 to 66 million years ago. At that time the poles were devoid of ice and average temperatures of up to 35 degrees Celsius prevailed in the oceans."
src: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150528083818.htm

What are the current average arctic ocean temps? Yes, that's right--almost 37 °C colder today than in the past!
"Average temperatures of the Arctic Surface Water range from -1.88 °C (28.6 °F) to -1 °C (30.2 °F).
src: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/how-cold-is-the-arctic-ocean.html

Kittybobo types of 130 °F temp--which are very uncommon & which we have no idea when that would occur (if ever)--so, I think our 'climate' scientists should focus on reality rather than trying to create panic that isn't warranted.
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ghostgeek
ghostgeek: What really gets my goat is you wait all year for a really warm winter, courtesy of global warming, and then you read the weather forecast:

There's not long to go until winter and experts warn it could be a pretty cold one for some parts of the UK.

Researchers from a university in London say it could be one of the coldest winters in 30 years.

They've forecast an average temperature of just 3.9C for January to February - that's pretty chilly.

The climate experts have been studying current sea temperatures and a weather system over the north Atlantic.

They found that a freezing vortex of Arctic air could hit the country in the next few months.

Some people have said it will be another 'Beast from the East'.

[ https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/49635796 ]
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ghostgeek
ghostgeek: And to compound the misery, we have to pay more and more "green taxes" to cool the planet down. I wish politicians would take to living at the poles where they could enjoy the bracing cold instead of occupying overheated offices.
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ghostgeek
ghostgeek: Ever noticed how those who prattle on loudest about what other people should do somehow fail to follow their own advice:

Green Party boss Caroline Lucas has admitted taking long-haul flights to the US but said focusing on “individual behaviour” lets fuel giants “off the hook”.

Ms Lucas said she “occasionally” flies across the pond to visit her son – but argued the focus should be on “changing” the system and imposing tax on aviation fuel.

[ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10272085/general-election-uk-latest-news-today-live/ ]

Whatever happened to leading by example?
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zeffur
zeffur: @gg: They don't have to pay any of those carbon taxes & you can bet they won't be adjusting their HVAC setting to be uncomfortable!
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ghostgeek
ghostgeek: Quite so. It reminds me of Hitler sitting in his bunker in Berlin eating cake while everyone outside was enjoying an extra round of Russian shells.
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