Alarmist scenarios of very large temperature rises and sea level increase are not supported by mainstream science.
Not exact matches
This is distinctly
alarmist... It is common ground that if indeed Greenland melted, it would release this amount
of water, but only after, and over, millennia, so that the Armageddon
scenario he predicts, insofar as it suggests that sea level rises
of 7 metres might occur in the immediate future, is not in line with the scientific consensus.
Since we (you, me, the IPCC) all are in agreement as to the likelihood
of the rate
of (near) future temperature change, the real impetus in your call for a wager should be geared towards calling out the
alarmists — those folks who entertain the idea that the IPCC extreme temperature change
scenarios are the most probable.
Of course some alarmism - addicted readers will insist that we ignore these findings, and blindly accept the
alarmist scenarios.
Paul D... As a part - time
alarmist I would answer that with a little bit
of extrapolation added to some warnings
of climate scientists I guess the worst case
scenario at least includes the total collapse
of the WAIS, creating tsunamis at least all over the Pacific rim, the subsequent sea level rise
of c. 7m will destroy most
of the remaining harbours, communication centers near coasts, next up would be the melting
of the collapsed ice in the southern ocean altering the climate
of the entire southern hemisphere, making it near - impossible to guess what areas are good for similar agriculture as before, leading to massive movements
of people.
The system faces bankruptcy, but talk
of reform always stirs up
alarmist scenarios in which seniors will be made to surrender some
of their benefits.
THE only place where such catastrophic
scenarios exist are in the warped minds
of alarmist hysterics who occupy the climate controlled offices
of NASA, NOAA, BoM, National Geographic and the New York Times et al..
In fact, there are far more documented instances
of the AR4 being too conservative, rather than too
alarmist, on emissions
scenarios, sea level rise, and Arctic sea - ice melt.
The Montreal Protocol was done under the same «Oh My God, we've GOT to DO something — NOW or we'll all FRY» type
of scenario that the
alarmists are trying to perpetrate today.
Yet because he rejects the
alarmist scenarios touted by the media and
alarmist IPCC scientists, the Swedish professor has long been the target
of vicious attack campaigns aimed at discrediting him — yet to little effect.
There is serious probability
of famines due to political mismanagement, far greater than any
alarmist catestrophic global warming
scenarios.
Suffice to say the widespread misunderstanding
of the article's rationale (
of course it is
alarmist; it is deliberately exploring worst case
scenarios, it is meant to be alarming), was, to borrow Robert's term, irksome.
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of the devil:
Alarmist scientists issue call for scary
scenarios at AGU conference «Green He....
Of course, this led to dramatically alarmist predictions of temperature under a «business as usual» scenari
Of course, this led to dramatically
alarmist predictions
of temperature under a «business as usual» scenari
of temperature under a «business as usual»
scenario.
Given the increasing realisation that climate mitigation efforts are creating an economic crisis, and increasing popular scepticism about the
alarmist scenario, this is a timely publication, and a key resource for all
of us who are arguing for common sense.
As it turns out, these
alarmists were pushing (and still are) a unicorn - type
of science, based on fantasy climate change
scenarios, which almost all have failed to happen.
Based on the model outputs from 1960 to the present, policymakers and the public would be better served by rejecting the
alarmist scenarios A and B; instead, moving forward, base all adaption and mitigation policies on
Scenario «C», which would likely produce better outcomes with superior allocation
of scarce resources.
(More cynically, even if we «do nothing» about the crisis de jour and nothing happens said
alarmists may have the gall to claim that by «raising awareness
of the problem» they still somehow managed to avert it - «and you can make the check out to...») Even worse,
alarmists project out that terrible things will happen if we don't take IMMEDIATE (and highly expensive) action to avert the crisis by assuming the worst - case
scenario.
Since the «runaway» and «accelerating»
scenarios have been ginormous scientific failures, as previously discussed, AGW scientists and
alarmists / advocates are having to seriously re-think the basic assumptions
of catastrophic global warming.
Whatever their reasons, many if not most leading
alarmist scientists, like Jones, preferred the approach made notorious by the late Stephen Schneider to get public support: «We have to offer up scary
scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements, and make little mention
of any doubts we might have.»
They are certainly the only factors that climate activists and
alarmists want to talk about, and use to generate scary «
scenarios» that are presented as actual predictions
of future calamities — while they attempt to silence debate, criticism and skepticism.
Like Pinkers, Boisvert tries to factor in what climate
alarmists ignore: the capability
of human beings to react to changing
scenarios in remarkably ingenious ways.
Plibersek takes the most
alarmist interpretation
of the most
alarmist climate change
scenarios out there.
You will be used to push Moore's view that America is the source
of all evil in the world, as well as the usual crazy
alarmist scenarios (runaway greenhouse, etc).
The most depressing feature
of this debate is that anyone who questions the
alarmist, doomsday
scenario will automatically be labelled a climate change «denier», and accused
of jeopardising the future
of humanity.
These
scenarios of cartel attacks against the bitcoin network may seem
alarmist, but they are very real possibilities lurking behind the SegWit door.