Tuesday, March 18, 2008

I could have sworn that someone suggested that the science was settled

From this post:
Three years ago, Hansen (and others) argued in Science that [due to fast feedbacks], we would warm another “0.6°C without further change of atmospheric composition” [i.e. with no more CO2 emissions]. Now he’s saying “Warming ‘in the pipeline’, most due to slow feedbacks, is now about 2°C.”

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You are kidding, right?

Yes, there is a raging scientific debate: if we don't take aggressive action, will global warming merely have devastating consequences for humanity or will it be an unmitigated catastrophe beyond human imagination?

If that debate makes you feel better, you delayers are a Stranger group than I thought.