Thursday, June 16, 2011

Raise your hand if you believe this claim: "the Earth’s climate system is an ornery beast which overreacts to even small nudges"

Geologists and Climate Change Denial | ThinkProgress
When geologists bring up past climate change, they’re actually citing evidence for climate feedback. Dramatic swings in global temperature, dragging the planet in and out of ice ages, are possible because of these feedbacks. Renowned paleoclimatologist Wally Broecker sums it up beautifully: “The paleoclimate record shouts out to us that, far from being self-stabilising, the Earth’s climate system is an ornery beast which overreacts to even small nudges.”

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