Likewise, they prefer to debate urban
heat island effects rather than to discuss the rising temperature trends, other
clear signs of rising temperatures, the positive feedbacks which are beginning to kick in so that climate change will take on a life
of its own independently
of what we do in the future if changes are not made now (# 111, «Storm World» post, comment # 141) and what such climate change will imply for humanity as a whole (Curve manipulation, comment # 74, A Saturated Gassy Argument, comment # 116).
And the clock's new position reflects that, after a year
of horrific weather disasters, near - record
heat, and increasingly
clear signs we're pushing the climate into a new state.