Sentences with phrase «for runaway climate»

Not to mention 2036 or sooner for runaway climate change..

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Democrats, environmentalists, and other protesters demonstrated outside the White House after Trump signed the executive order in March, declaring it would lead to runaway climate change, while many Republican members of Congress applauded the action for promoting energy independence.

The idea that the sunny weather they enjoy may be a harbinger of runaway climate change, that their beloved happy meal hamburgers are responsible for the release of dangerous methane gases and the unjust monopolization of vital water sources, and that the plastic refuse from their picnics might end up endangering the dolphins they idolize from afar — well, it's a lot to lay on a child who's still not old enough to see the latest Star Wars.

The idea that the sunny weather they enjoy may be a harbinger of runaway climate change, that their beloved happy meal hamburgers are responsible for the release of dangerous methane gases and the unjust monopolization of vital water sources, and that the plastic refuse from their picnics might end up endangering the dolphins they idolize from afar — well, it's a lot to lay on a child who's still not old enough to see the latest

«Trump has pledged to take actions to round up and deport millions of Americans, decimate unions, take health care coverage away from millions, threaten women's reproductive rights, and allow runaway climate change to continue — all while deregulating the economy and cutting taxes for the wealthy.

«Given the concerns about our own environment and climate change, finding an exoplanet that might experience the runaway greenhouse much sooner than we will made us reflect on the Earth's near - and long - term prospects for habitability,» Jenkins says.

Eberle and Kim said the early - middle Eocene greenhouse period from 53 to 38 million years ago is used as a deep - time analog by climate scientists for what could happen on Earth if CO2 and other greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere continue to rise, and what a «runaway» greenhouse effect potentially could look like.

Adaptive measures for developed countries may be implemented in time, but many nations in the world will be vulnerable to runaway climate change.

Early signs of scientific discomfort with some allusions to climate - related tipping points came in a 2006 blog post, «Runaway Tipping Points of No Return,» by Gavin Schmidt of Realclimate.org and NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

Maybe inclusion of CH4 and a sufficient climate sensitivity from the other feedbacks would make it runaway for some part (maybe not all) of the process.

Once the ice reaches the equator, the equilibrium climate is significantly colder than what would initiate melting at the equator, but if CO2 from geologic emissions build up (they would, but very slowly — geochemical processes provide a negative feedback by changing atmospheric CO2 in response to climate changes, but this is generally very slow, and thus can not prevent faster changes from faster external forcings) enough, it can initiate melting — what happens then is a runaway in the opposite direction (until the ice is completely gone — the extreme warmth and CO2 amount at that point, combined with left - over glacial debris available for chemical weathering, will draw CO2 out of the atmosphere, possibly allowing some ice to return).

So, for that case with rapid northern temperature change and other rapid changes in the climate system, the methane acted as a feedback, fast enough to be considered in economic planning, but not so fast that most people would consider it a runaway.

As a non-scientist, it is reassuring that releases of Arctic methane should not force an apocalyptic runaway warming event, although the effects will still have very nasty consequences for our presently comfortable climate.

The whole crux of the CO2 issue is that it crystallises our fears for the future and provides a pressure point which might force political action if CO2 can be linked to something as potentially disastrous as a runaway unnatural change in global climate.

Any normal person would conclude that CO2 is not causing runaway global warming, climate catastrophe, or for that matter, any other problems.

«In our era of runaway climate change, it's critical for the Supreme Court to stop these outdated monopolies from abusing the law and trying to strangle renewable - energy development.»

It's time for an equally serious strategy to arrest and subdue runaway climate change that's driving them.

Science - minded Climate Etc readers will enjoy too this week's arxiv special Increased insolation threshold for runaway greenhouse processes on Earth like planets.

Long searched for is a mechanism by which the change in UV can multiply its effect on climate without a runaway effect.

This led to a nasty scene, when he said I was unable to see what was obvious, ever - accelerating cooling which would lead to a runaway «Neptune Effect» because of mechanisms of positive feedback (his best examples were clouds which collect over the winter solstice — the «in - law» effect — persisting through to mid-February — the «Cupid» effect — and combining forces to wreck the climate for the entire first half of the year.)

Many «climate scientists» would argue that the rate might change greatly after year 40 and lead to runaway warming in years 51 through 100 that will lead to great disaster for humanity if we do not implement what they think is correct.

According to David Wasdell, International Coordinator, Meridian Programme: «A runaway climate change is now clear and beginning to be quantified for the first time... the greatest threat we face as a planet... The rate of change we're generating in the current situation is between 200 - 300 times faster than that experience of any extinction event apart from the asteroidal impact.

In contrast to the sophisticated climate model predictions of runaway («tipping point») global warming, in reality, real - world global warming, as measured by satellites, has disappeared for over 16 years despite the gargantuan increases in CO2 emissions... (Ramez Naam denies this)

«Climate Change Denial reveals the crossroads we face as a society: do we let denial and confusion continue to derail solutions, leaving us vulnerable to runaway climate change, or do we accept reality and forge a truly sustainable path for future generations?Climate Change Denial reveals the crossroads we face as a society: do we let denial and confusion continue to derail solutions, leaving us vulnerable to runaway climate change, or do we accept reality and forge a truly sustainable path for future generations?climate change, or do we accept reality and forge a truly sustainable path for future generations?»

In a sharp change from its cautious approach in the past, the National Academy of Sciences on Wednesday called for taxes on carbon emissions, a cap - and - trade program for such emissions or some other strong action to curb runaway global warming.Such actions, which would increase the cost of using coal and petroleum — at least in the immediate future — are necessary because «climate change is occurring, the Earth is warming... concentrations of carbon dioxide are increasing, and there are very clear fingerprints that link [those effects] to humans,» said Pamela A. Matson of Stanford University, who chaired one of five panels organized by the academy at the request of Congress to look at the science of climate change and how the nation should respond.

Unfortunately for the Pope, James Hansen and other hysterical climate doomsday soothsayers, the real world empirical evidence clearly shows that the world's climate is self - correcting and not prone to those scary predicted tipping points and runaway disasters from growing atmospheric CO2 levels.

Wary of how public concern over climate change could drop demand for fossil fuel products, the Kochs have spent the last 15 years dumping over $ 61 million to front groups telling us that global warming doesn't exist, or that it would destroy our economy to stop runaway climate change.

It's an appropriate name for a group that's attempting to slow some of the runaway misinformation about climate change, by doing what scientists do with their published work: review it.

For those reasonable commenters here who wonder why the pro - AGW / Runaway Global Warming / Climate Catastrophe trolls argue incessantly, and nitpick every point ad nauseum,, the clear answer is given in this paper by a truly brave climate scientist, M.I.T.'s Prof. Richard LindzenClimate Catastrophe trolls argue incessantly, and nitpick every point ad nauseum,, the clear answer is given in this paper by a truly brave climate scientist, M.I.T.'s Prof. Richard Lindzenclimate scientist, M.I.T.'s Prof. Richard Lindzen: click

The Runaway Greenhouse: implications for future climate change, geoengineering and planetary atmospheres (Accepted in Phil.

A large injection of the gas - which is 21 times more potent as an atmospheric heat trap than carbon dioxide - has long been cited by climate scientists as the potential trigger for runaway global warming.

A package of legislative proposals that will guide energy policy all across Europe until 2030 is currently being negotiated in Brussels and will determine the level of action for EU member states for the next crucial decade to stop runaway climate change.

The US population may be the last potential counterbalancing force that could have a chance at stopping the runaway juggernaut of global power which is responsible for the ongoing climate engineering insanity and so much more.

Fuel economy standards have been a runaway success for drivers and the climate.

Hailed as «the big new idea to save the planet from runaway climate change», this set up a global fund to save vast areas of rainforest from the deforestation which accounts for nearly a fifth of all man - made CO2 emissions.

The runaway greenhouse: implications for future climate change, geoengineering and planetary atmospheres

2 This sets the stage for reducing CO2 concentrations to the 350 ppm that James Hansen and other climate scientists think is needed to avoid runaway climate change.

tcktcktck Also known as the Global Call for Climate Action, tcktcktck is a network of 450 not - for - profit organizations aiming to achieve a world safe from runaway climate Climate Action, tcktcktck is a network of 450 not - for - profit organizations aiming to achieve a world safe from runaway climate climate change.

According to Simms, «in just 100 months» time, if we are lucky, and based on a quite conservative estimate, we could reach a tipping point for the beginnings of runaway climate change.

He says that it is essential that we reduce and stabilize greenhouse gas emissions to avoid runaway climate change in the Arctic, but even our best efforts are unlikely to prevent changes that are likely to be dangerous for Inuit.