electric catamaran boat to set world record

[Stoker boy]

Yes, we know there have been multiple ice ages... and obviously warm periods (like the one we're in) in between... the climate changes constantly and naturally; and there's nothing puny humans can do about it.

Earth will kick us to the curb like a dog when it’s had enough of humans.

[CUDA]

Guess many don't get how quickly this has come about with out any major event occuring,
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Nature is always changing that is true, but very slowly, not 100 year cycles but 1,000's of years cycles

[kelvin523]

[Stoker boy]

Guess many don't get how quickly this has come about with out any major event occuring,
's
Nature is always changing that is true, but very slowly, not 100 year cycles but 1,000's of years

cycles

Ocean front houses in Newport Beach CA. built in the 1920s. Sand beach sidewalk and the house still there. I started going there when I was a kid 60 years ago everything still the same.

[Instigator]

There were less hurricanes in the last 30 yrs than than the 30 yrs before.

And we went through an entire summer with ZERO hurricanes!
Evrn though, as always, the forecast was for more than the yr before!

But, that side hasn’t paid attention to facts yet.

Just listened to a 67-year-old meteorologist in Florida, been a meteorologist his entire life as was his dad.
He’s one, among others that stated the facts above which I have heard before, and laughed while he said them.

These ****ing lunatics don’t care about anything but their agenda.
Why start now?

Cant make this **** up.

Al Gore has room for all of you in his carbon free, 9 bazillion sq ft mansion that you can see from space and John Kerry will give you a ride in his solar powered private jet.

But wait, isn’t he our “climate zar”?

How stupid do you have to be to believe this stupid ****???
Wait, look left and you’ll see the answer.

[Shaun K]

Hey werent you calling this the low IQ tiki bar the other day ? Nasa.gov ?! lulz holy cow

[Instigator]

Wow!

So in 52 yrs our temp has gone up 8/10’s of one degree!

Oh my god, we’re all going to die!

Check out the graph too.
1/10’s of a degree so it looks bad.

That side is stating temps from a 100 yrs ago.
What did their digital thermometers, that measured in 1/10’s of degrees look like back then ???

Aint seen one yet.

Again, arguing w/people that don’t consider logic or fact.

Hell, show me the thermometer from ‘1970 tjat showed 1/10’s!

Hey werent you calling this the low IQ tiki bar the other day ? Nasa.gov ?! lulz holy cow

[David - WI]

Hopefully... 38 days from now the USS United States will start sailing full-speed away from this liberal nonsense.

[kelvin523]

Hey werent you calling this the low IQ tiki bar the other day ? Nasa.gov ?! lulz holy cow

I guess... if EQ and IQ are the same thing...

[Shaun K]

I guess... if EQ and IQ are the same thing...

lol whatever Mr France, get ready to eat crickets you smart mofo you

[CUDA]

Climate change on pace to occur 10 times faster than any change recorded in past 65 million years, Stanford scientists say

Not only is the planet undergoing one of the largest climate changes in the past 65 million years, Stanford climate scientists Noah Diffenbaugh and Chris Field report that it's on pace to occur at a rate 10 times faster than any change in that period. Without intervention, this extreme pace could lead to a 5-6 degree Celsius spike in annual temperatures by the end of the century.

BY BJORN CAREY

Courtesy of Stanford University

The top map shows global temperatures in the late 21st century, based on current warming trends. The bottom map illustrates the velocity of climate change, or how far species in any given area will need to migrate by the end of the 21st century to experience climate similar to present. (Click image to enlarge)


The planet is undergoing one of the largest changes in climate since the dinosaurs went extinct. But what might be even more troubling for humans, plants and animals is the speed of the change. Stanford climate scientists warn that the likely rate of change over the next century will be at least 10 times quicker than any climate shift in the past 65 million years.
If the trend continues at its current rapid pace, it will place significant stress on terrestrial ecosystems around the world, and many species will need to make behavioral, evolutionary or geographic adaptations to survive.
Although some of the changes the planet will experience in the next few decades are already "baked into the system," how different the climate looks at the end of the 21st century will depend largely on how humans respond.
The findings come from a review of climate research by Noah Diffenbaugh, an associate professor of environmental Earth system science, and Chris Field, a professor of biology and of environmental Earth system science and the director of the Department of Global Ecology at the Carnegie Institution. The work is part of a special report on climate change in the current issue of Science.
Diffenbaugh and Field, both senior fellows at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, conducted the targeted but broad review of scientific literature on aspects of climate change that can affect ecosystems, and investigated how recent observations and projections for the next century compare to past events in Earth's history.
For instance, the planet experienced a 5 degree Celsius hike in temperature 20,000 years ago, as Earth emerged from the last ice age. This is a change comparable to the high-end of the projections for warming over the 20th and 21st centuries.
The geologic record shows that, 20,000 years ago, as the ice sheet that covered much of North America receded northward, plants and animals recolonized areas that had been under ice. As the climate continued to warm, those plants and animals moved northward, to cooler climes.
"We know from past changes that ecosystems have responded to a few degrees of global temperature change over thousands of years," said Diffenbaugh. "But the unprecedented trajectory that we're on now is forcing that change to occur over decades. That's orders of magnitude faster, and we're already seeing that some species are challenged by that rate of change."
Some of the strongest evidence for how the global climate system responds to high levels of carbon dioxide comes from paleoclimate studies. Fifty-five million years ago, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was elevated to a level comparable to today. The Arctic Ocean did not have ice in the summer, and nearby land was warm enough to support alligators and palm trees.
"There are two key differences for ecosystems in the coming decades compared with the geologic past," Diffenbaugh said. "One is the rapid pace of modern climate change. The other is that today there are multiple human stressors that were not present 55 million years ago, such as urbanization and air and water pollution."
Record-setting heat

Diffenbaugh and Field also reviewed results from two-dozen climate models to describe possible climate outcomes from present day to the end of the century. In general, extreme weather events, such as heat waves and heavy rainfall, are expected to become more severe and more frequent.
For example, the researchers note that, with continued emissions of greenhouse gases at the high end of the scenarios, annual temperatures over North America, Europe and East Asia will increase 2-4 degrees C by 2046-2065. With that amount of warming, the hottest summer of the last 20 years is expected to occur every other year, or even more frequently.
By the end of the century, should the current emissions of greenhouse gases remain unchecked, temperatures over the northern hemisphere will tip 5-6 degrees C warmer than today's averages. In this case, the hottest summer of the last 20 years becomes the new annual norm.
"It's not easy to intuit the exact impact from annual temperatures warming by 6 C," Diffenbaugh said. "But this would present a novel climate for most land areas. Given the impacts those kinds of seasons currently have on terrestrial forests, agriculture and human health, we'll likely see substantial stress from severely hot conditions."
The scientists also projected the velocity of climate change, defined as the distance per year that species of plants and animals would need to migrate to live in annual temperatures similar to current conditions. Around the world, including much of the United States, species face needing to move toward the poles or higher in the mountains by at least one kilometer per year. Many parts of the world face much larger changes.
The human element

Some climate changes will be unavoidable, because humans have already emitted greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and the atmosphere and oceans have already been heated.
"There is already some inertia in place," Diffenbaugh said. "If every new power plant or factory in the world produced zero emissions, we'd still see impact from the existing infrastructure, and from gases already released."
The more dramatic changes that could occur by the end of the century, however, are not written in stone. There are many human variables at play that could slow the pace and magnitude of change – or accelerate it.
Consider the 2.5 billion people who lack access to modern energy resources. This energy poverty means they lack fundamental benefits for illumination, cooking and transportation, and they're more susceptible to extreme weather disasters. Increased energy access will improve their quality of life – and in some cases their chances of survival – but will increase global energy consumption and possibly hasten warming.
Diffenbaugh said that the range of climate projections offered in the report can inform decision-makers about the risks that different levels of climate change pose for ecosystems.
"There's no question that a climate in which every summer is hotter than the hottest of the last 20 years poses real risks for ecosystems across the globe," Diffenbaugh said. "However, there are opportunities to decrease those risks, while also ensuring access to the benefits of energy consumption."

[kelvin523]

Yawn...

[Shaun K]

Climate change on pace to occur 10 times faster than any change recorded in past 65 million years, Stanford scientists say

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Stanford to Launch New Climate Change School This Fall | The Scientist Magazine® (the-scientist.com) --- One Billion from John Doer even al gore made this story lol

John Doerr China – China First Capital Blog

Insight: How cleantech tarnished Kleiner and VC star John Doerr | Reuters - solar panels for every american, coal power plants for every chinese town

and the rabbit hole goes on and on

[David - WI]

How much is ten times “too little to measure"?

[Stoker boy]

It’s all bull**** Mr. CUDA.