Sentences with phrase «concerned about an ice age»

[Response: If there ever was a reason to be concerned about an ice age coming (I don't think so), then the current CO2 level (380 ppm) is clearly more than enough to prevent it.

Not exact matches

But here's your question: why we should be concerned even with the global temperature rise that has been predicted, let's say by 2050, of probably around 2 degrees C; one should understand that in the Ice Age — the depths of the Ice Age — the Earth was colder on a global average by about 5 degrees C.

«[The next ice age is] not worth worrying about compared to immediate concerns about damaging human - caused climate change expected over the coming decades if no action is taken to mitigate this likelihood.»

1974 Serious droughts since 1972 increase concern about climate; cooling from aerosols is suspected to be as likely as warming; journalists talk of a new ice age.

It's that, rather than the «ice age» scenario, that is the thing to be concerned about.

Of more concern to us and perhaps Andy will write about this is that we may be about to experience a mini (or more) ice age:

Below you'll hear from scientists with significant concerns about keystone sections of the paper — on the evidence for «superstorms» in the last warm interval between ice ages, the Eemian, and on the pace at which seas could rise and the imminence of any substantial uptick in the rate of coastal inundation.

Maybe you remember the 1970s, when scientists were concerned about global cooling and a pending ice age.

Serious droughts and other unusual weather since 1972 increase scientific and public concern about climate change, with cooling from aerosols suspected to be as likely as warming; journalists talk of ice age.

If you are concerned about planetary climate, then it behooves you to consider the «history» of the planet before singling out something as paltry as the warming since the end of the Little Ice Age.

Concerns about the origin of melt water pulse 1A during the end of the last ice age led to investigation of large Antarctic melt pulses as a potential source.

Seriously — if anyone is «concerned» about the misleading upshot of the paper — wouldn't they be concerned that «skeptics» read McIntyre's blog and the take home message is that he can «plainly» see that «we're headed into new ice age?»

1974 Serious droughts since 1972 increase concern about climate, with cooling from aerosols suspected to be as likely as warming; scientists doubt all theories as journalists talk of a new ice age.

Regarding your concerns about catastrophes to biosphere: since the climate in known to catasrtophically swing between ice ages and warm ages, the part of biosphere that was not fit to adapt to these changes has only one way - to die.

We're overdue for the return of the ice age and should be justifiably concerned about doing things that will hasten its return.