Posted on 02/17/2006 8:54:21 AM PST by cogitator
I get to be first?
WE ARE DOOMED!/sarcasm alert
In other news, studies of climate studies suggest climate studies on fast track to nowhere.
I wish it would hurry up. I am old and cold.
"Human activities are releasing greenhouse gases more than 30 times faster than the rate of emissions that triggered a period of extreme global warming in the Earth's past, according to an expert on ancient climates."
Let's just kill all the humans and solve the problem....ooops, sorry the Iranian president already is pushing that idea.
It is a wonderful scam. I highly suggest reading "State of Fear" by Crichton...awesome book.
My kids need a new frontier to explore. Lets get the temp up about 10 degrees so we can move this popsicle stand to Alaska.
Dear Congress: Do not sell Alaska back to the Ruskies. We are going to need it!
...James Zachos, professor of Earth sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz...
The Santa Cruz part should tell you all you need to know about the scientific objectivity of this latest 'report'.
I suggest reading these two articles to get a sense of Crichton's accuracy -- even if the book was enjoyable.
Michael Crichton's State of Confusion
Michael Crichton’s State of Confusion II: Return of the Science
I think comparing human activity today against human activity 55 million years ago may not be scientifically accurate.
"Previous estimates put the amount of released carbon at 2 trillion tons, but Zachos showed that more than twice that amount--about 4.5 trillion tons.."
So they were off by more than a factor of 2. But I'm sure that ~now~ they got everything right... /sarc
"James Zachos, professor of Earth sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz."
Enough said.... by professor at socialist university of Santa Cruz. He undoubtedly came to these scholarly conclusions in between tokes on his bong.
Buncha crap.
"Once the carbon is released into the atmosphere, it takes a long time for natural mechanisms, such as ocean absorption and rock weathering, to remove excess carbon from the air and store it in the soil and marine sediments."
Nonsense. Absolute, complete, utter, incalculably incorrect nonsense.
Carbon dioxide is continuously removed from the atmosphere by plants, which use it to form sugars to store energy from sunlight. More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere means more plant biomass, which consumes more carbon dioxide, which makes less carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Be careful what you read. Most journalists never made it past their fourth grade science classes.
Sea level rising is the most catastrophic thing, particularly if it occurs quickly, like in a year or two.
Which makes it even more senseless to rebuild New Orleans now, along with the billions of dollars Louisiana is costing the taxpayers otherwise.
Relocate if you're on a coastline, to at least five feet higher than where you are now...not like anyone has not been warned.
I think a barge is a far better investment on any coastal area, if not a boat altogether, for those of us who love the ocean and coastal living. Things are going to change and soon, as to sea level and New Orleans is hardly an isolated catastrophe, I am thinking.
The main analogous factor is that the PETM is the only period in the Cenozoic where there was clearly a rapid rise in atmospheric greenhouse gases absent any other climate forcing agents. The resulting effect on global temperatures is pretty obvious.
But this fails to answer the critical question - was the release the cause of the warming? Or an effect of the warming?
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