Global warming and the god complex
This article in Science Daily puzzles me. On the one hand, it says there have been far more drastic changes in temperature in the past in shorter periods of time, but that the current change is happening because of human activity creating greenhouse gases. Huh? Just who was responsible before? If the earth didn't burn to a crisp before, why will it this time?"Several large international projects have succeeded in drilling ice-cores from the top of the Greenland inland ice through the more than 3 km thick ice sheet. The ice is a frozen archive of the climate of the past, which has been dated back all the way to the previous interglacial Eem-period more than 120.000 years ago.
The ice archive shows that the climate has experienced very severe changes during the glacial period. During the glacial period there were 26 abrupt temperature increases of about 7-10 degrees. These glacial warm periods are named Dansgaard-Oeschger events after the two scientists first observing them.
The global warming we experience presently will cause a temperature increase of perhaps 2-5 degrees in the next century if greenhouse gas emissions continue, researchers claim. This will lead to increased sea levels and more severe weather with terrible consequences. The temperature rise during the glacial period were much larger and happened much faster.
Temperature increased by 10 degrees in less than 50 years with changes to the ocean currents and the whole ecosystem. These changes have caused sea level rises up to perhaps as much as 8 meters and large changes to the vegetation."
The second anniversary: Am I the only one who notices that the same folks who think we pea-brains control the climate are the same ones who thought it was OK to remove food and water from a woman who wasn't sick or dying, just helpless and dependent, and let her starve and dehydrate? Or that it is OK to kill babies because they come at an inconvenient time or have defects and anomalies? Or that it is OK to use human embryos to get grant money for research as long as it is for a worthy cause? Or that it is OK to deprive 3rd world peoples of DDT so that millions of them die, but the bird eggs will be strong? There seems to be a god complex infecting the liberals. And the humility vaccine seems to be in short supply.
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4 comments:
Very good point Norma. Has it really been two years? It's hard to believe. I'm saying a prayer for Terri and her family.
With all due respect to the Rush Limbo crowd; just because the earth didn't blow up in the past doesn't mean that we need to do everything possible to destroy it now.
Just because you drove your car with a broken radiator for a mile and the engine did not burn up doesn't mean that it won't happen if you try that over and over again.
Keep in mind that the rich and powerful know that when the earth is toast, they will have their own underground complex to live in luxury. So it is no big deal for them.
You on the other hand (and I) and our respective families will have to live with all the toxic crud that is in the water, soil, and atmosphere.
Spidy, I never said I didn't want a CLEAN environment, I just don't believe humans control the sun, earthquakes, oceans, etc. When you drop by, you have an amazing way of never staying on task. Do you do that everywhere or just here?
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