Rhetoric and rafts | Climate Etc.

However, my concern is that much of the climate science community is so far gone that they can’t get past their perceived imperative to shoot down ‘deniers’ as the apogee of responsible professional conduct.

Realistically What Might The Future Climate Look Like? | ThinkProgress

“If we continue forward on our current path, catastrophe is not just a possible outcome, it is the most probable outcome.”

JR: The recent scientific literature makes that conclusion crystal clear

Twitter / BigJoeBastardi: They underdid Isaac and they ...

They underdid Isaac and they continue to overplay storms that they can assign intensity to out in the ocean, with no verification #truth

East Coast National Parks at Risk From Sea Level's Rise - NYTimes.com

Beachgoers on the East Coast making their way to Cape Cod or one of six other National Seashores, however, might want to pause and take an extra look around at the wind-tossed dunes and sloping sands. Not just because summer is coming to an end, but because these areas are some of the most susceptible to the effects of climate change and may look very different, very soon.
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Theo Spencer, senior advocate for the Climate and Clean Air Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said: “Massive and preventable damage to national seashores is too high a price to pay for failing to act on climate change. This report makes clear that if we don’t cut the amount of heat-trapping pollution we spew into the air, these special places that Americans love will never be the same.”