The Earth is about to become Venus 2.0

[TheramoreIsTheBomb]

Under the imperfect but groundbreaking Paris agreement, now ratified by the world’s two largest carbon emitters, it’s hoped that the world will not warm by more than 2°C (3.6°F) by 2100. Sadly, we have registered so many high-temperature records this year alone that it’s looking doubtful that this will be achieved – and it appears that the most ominous record has just been broken.

According to data provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide hasn’t dropped below 400 parts per million (ppm) all September. During this time of year, climatological processes normally render the atmospheric concentration quite low, so the fact that this happened at all is astonishing.

It seems then that 2016 will be the year that the world permanently passed the 400ppm threshold. Although this value is mostly symbolic, it does represent just how significantly we’ve altered the climate.

“Is it possible that October 2016 will yield a lower monthly value than September and dip below 400ppm?” Ralph Keeling, a professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, wrote in a blog post accompanying the ignominious milestone. “Almost impossible.”

“By November, we will be marching up the rising half of the cycle, pushing towards new highs and perhaps even breaking the 410ppm barrier,” he added.

Pre-industrial levels were around 280ppm, which means that since the late-18th century, there’s been an unprecedented 43 percent increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide. This has led to a warming rate that’s 10 times faster than what would be naturally expected during an interglacial period.

Spare a thought for the oceans, though, the largest carbon sink on the planet. There may be a lot more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but the oceans have already absorbed so much that if they were to expunge it all back out overnight, the world would warm 360 times faster than the natural rate.

http://www.iflscience.com/environmen...co2-threshold/

Global Warming and its similar effects are a threat people and yet you continue to ignore it.

[Asiwassaying]

Who is you?

And no one is ignoring it (no one of note anyway) you posted yourself shit is being ratified against it. What is still debated is whether humans are to blame or not.

Not casting a vote whether we are or not. Not going there. Just saying that this is where we are at.

[JohnBrown1917]

Poll does not seem to work for most of the world.

[PhilUK]

I am a human citizen of earth and Global Warming is real.

[TirielWoW]

I'm not a member of either party.

[GrinningMan]

Good, I hate all you fuckers. We'll all burn together like a big, miserable family.

[McFuu]

I live about a mile from the beach, how much polluting do I have to do to be able to sell my house as beach front property so I can retire fat and happy?

[Mistame]

Click-bait title is click-baity.

[Shakadam]

Earth was nearly 10 degrees warmer half a billion years ago than today, and ice ages weren't really a thing until ~35 million years ago, after which we've had several.

So what if it gets a few degrees warmer? Earth will survive, some areas currently hospitable may become less so while other areas will become more so. There's plenty of room in Siberia and Canada, we'll adapt.

[Gephyrophobia]

>Ignores the fact that these changes caused mass extinctions

>Who gives a shit about death

[tj119]

>Ignores the fact that these changes caused mass extinctions

And look at that...they happened without humans, and will happen again with or without us. Our enxtinction will come.

[PC2]

a "runaway greenhouse effect"—analogous to [that of] Venus—appears to have virtually no chance of being induced by anthropogenic activities.

http://www.ipcc.ch/meetings/session31/inf3.pdf

[Shakadam]

>Ignores the fact that these changes caused mass extinctions

I'm fairly certain any temperature changes are negligible compared to all the fishin', shootin' and general polluting we're doing.

[chrisnumbers]

When you say "about to become" you will sound like you mean within some meaningful timeframe.

[GrinningMan]

Not really.

Humans are having a terrible impact on ecosystems but changes in temperature are a lot more threatening.

Suddenly it's too cold during the winter for plants to survive, plants which support numerous species. For example.

Yeah, because we haven't found a solution for that.

[Deleted]

What has global warming to do with what party you are in?

sorry for stupid question here.

[GrinningMan]

What has global warming to do with what party you are in?

sorry for stupid question here.

Because it's easier to attack you if they know you have red or blue blood.

[Deleted]

Because it's easier to attack you if they know you have red or blue blood.

Interesting!

[Mistame]

The title and questions posed by the poll reek of troll. Please close this.

[wregelmann]

Not casting a vote whether we are or not. Not going there. Just saying that this is where we are at.

Neutrality in the face of overwhelming evidence? Interesting choice.

And look at that...they happened without humans, and will happen again with or without us. Our enxtinction will come.

Bad excuse for not caring.

When you say "about to become" you will sound like you mean within some meaningful timeframe.

Here's something interesting: http://tinyurl.com/2fcpre6