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America mysteriously hit a deadly tipping point — and no one knows why
Alternet via MSN ^ | October 28, 2023 | Thom Hartmann

Posted on 10/28/2023 9:52:38 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom

Sometime in the past year, this tiny planet we live on in an obscure corner of our Milky Way galaxy went through some sort of tipping point, a “state change” of sorts, and now things are different from how they’ve been at any other time in the 300,000 year history of the human race.

Nobody knows for sure what that change or tipping point is.

— One theory is that variations in dust concentrations in the Northern Hemisphere’s atmosphere — a function of the temperature of the Atlantic Ocean allowing more or less fine dirt to be picked up and carried aloft from northern Africa — are changing the reflectivity of the atmosphere and trapping more of the sun’s heat.

— Another theory follows the January, 2022 eruption of the volcano at Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai, which injected so much water vapor (146 million tons) and sulfur dioxide (420,000 tons) into the stratosphere that scientists were predicting soon after it happened that there would be a year or two of unusual heat signatures across the planet.

— Some scientists argue it was caused by a change in worldwide regulations mandating ships at sea burn cleaner diesel fuel, reducing the soot-type particles they’re emitting that previously formed heat-reflective clouds.

— And, of course, the current El Niño ocean pattern appears to be drawing heat from the ocean up to the surface where it’s transferred to the atmosphere in unprecedented amounts.

But regardless of the why/how, something has definitely happened in the past year or so that has pushed our atmosphere’s state of equilibrium out of an older, stable range and into a newer, warmer, and apparently far less stable state.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


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They are pumping the climate FEAR up to 11. It must be because the COVID fear isn't working any more.

This article is just astonishing for the hyperbolic, lunatic-asylum level of fear.

I've provided a bit more of the fear below. This is where the author really gets revved up...


It’s so dramatic and so shocking that scientists — typically not prone to hyperbole — publishing in the peer-reviewed journal BioScience about this anomaly open their article with:
“Life on planet Earth is under siege. We are now in an uncharted territory.

“For several decades, scientists have consistently warned of a future marked by extreme climatic conditions because of escalating global temperatures caused by ongoing human activities that release harmful greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere.

“Unfortunately, time is up. We are seeing the manifestation of those predictions as an alarming and unprecedented succession of climate records are broken, causing profoundly distressing scenes of suffering to unfold. We are entering an unfamiliar domain regarding our climate crisis, a situation no one has ever witnessed firsthand in the history of humanity.”

Looking at 35 different “vital signs” that signal the health of our planet and its atmosphere, 20 of which have deviated from their norms so badly as to alarm researchers, the scientists who wrote for BioScience warn us all:

“We are venturing into uncharted climate territory.”


Yet, here we are in North Idaho, going through our normal cycles, the leaves are all glorious oranges, reds and yellows, the temps have dropped into the teens, we have beautiful sunny days and cloudy wet days. Things just roll merrily along as they always have. When will I personally see some evidence of the Climate Armageddon they've been predicting for 60 years? I see none.
1 posted on 10/28/2023 9:52:38 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Sounds like BS to me


2 posted on 10/28/2023 9:54:45 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
— Some scientists argue it was caused by a change in worldwide regulations mandating ships at sea burn cleaner diesel fuel, reducing the soot-type particles they’re emitting that previously formed heat-reflective clouds.

What?

3 posted on 10/28/2023 9:55:24 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Who wrote this article? Leftist Number One?


4 posted on 10/28/2023 9:55:28 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Tipping point” is the latest talking point.


5 posted on 10/28/2023 9:57:21 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Don’t know what.
Don’t know why.
Don’t know how.

But we know you should be afraid.
And it’s clear that communism will fix everything.


6 posted on 10/28/2023 9:57:21 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (They say "Our Democracy" but they mean Cosa Nostra.)
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To: riverrunner

It is BS

They are also messing with cloud cover via chemtrail sprayingad have been doing so for decades. Finally just admitted it recently. HAARP also messes with the atmosphere. Funny they don’t reference them though.


7 posted on 10/28/2023 9:57:59 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The tipping point is seeing all those college students coming out for Hamas. These kids are the future and our colleges have failed us. To be more dire, our government will come for our guns. Kammy said it yesterday. When that happens, it’s the end of the republic. Our first revolution was over Tyranny 3,000 miles away. Now it’s tyranny in every blue state and DC.


8 posted on 10/28/2023 9:58:09 AM PDT by DownInFlames (p)
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To: crusty old prospector

Sounds like they’re saying we need more pollution. Lol


9 posted on 10/28/2023 9:59:14 AM PDT by tiki
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

No mystery.


10 posted on 10/28/2023 9:59:44 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: Beowulf9

>Who wrote this article? Leftist Number One?

Here’s a hint.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/30/21275524/microsoft-news-msn-layoffs-artificial-intelligence-ai-replacements


11 posted on 10/28/2023 10:00:05 AM PDT by fretzer
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To: tiki

Or more container ships, heading to a Walmart near you.


12 posted on 10/28/2023 10:00:55 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
They are pumping the climate FEAR up to 11.

One big reason why I hate going to weather.com for local forecasts. Their website is plastered with videos about all of the "climate damage" that is occurring around the world, with the insinuation that it's all man's fault.

13 posted on 10/28/2023 10:02:13 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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He must be a piece of work. There's nothing about this kook at the MSN or Alternate sites, but I found he runs something called "The Hartmann Report."

"The Hartmann Report: A Daily Newsletter of Renaissance Thinking about Progressive Politics, Economics, Science, and the Issues of Our Day"

He has a profile on Substack:

"NY Times bestselling author 34 books in 17 languages & nation's #1 progressive radio host. Psychotherapist, international relief worker. Politics, history, spirituality, psychology, science, anthropology, pre-history, culture, and the natural world."
In other words, he's a know-nothing nobody who has somehow parlayed his nothingness into an income.

One would think a "NYT bestselling author" could write a complete, grammatically correct description of himself.

14 posted on 10/28/2023 10:03:19 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Progressive = BIG red flag.


15 posted on 10/28/2023 10:04:16 AM PDT by who knows what evil?
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The biggest threat to life on our planet has been white liberal ‘elite’ nutcases like Bill Gates, Al Gore, and John Kerry who decide in their insanity to ‘fix’ the problem by blocking the sun with high level reflecting pollution.


16 posted on 10/28/2023 10:04:30 AM PDT by GOPJ (The reason Biden won't protect our border is he wants cash kickbacks for doing it. )
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To: fretzer

AI selected “news” - another reason why I do my best not to use MS bloatware when I can avoid it.


17 posted on 10/28/2023 10:05:00 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
300,000 6000 year history of the human race

There, fixed it...

18 posted on 10/28/2023 10:06:12 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The Left knows that the only solution is Worldwide Totalitarian Government.


19 posted on 10/28/2023 10:07:29 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Greta said the drop-deadline for having any chance to save the environment was last summer. Why is she bothering now if it's too late?

Now we have a tipping point. What's the point of worrying about the climate?

I say, eat, drink and do Mary, if she's amenable.

20 posted on 10/28/2023 10:07:55 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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