Methodical analysis and projection lead authors to conclusions that cause doubt even for themselves.
We'd better hope there's a serious flaw in the work.
"...by 2100 those worst-case scenarios could see temperatures of 130° to 150°F (54°C to 66°C), with uncertainties in the 1° to 4.5°F (0.5° to 2.5°C) range..."
And it gets worse.
On another note: isn't it great that a publication formerly the haunt of truly deranged #ClimateScienceDeniers has evolved so?
This week's #ClimateMythRebuttal refresh might be considered an appendix to last week's treatment of "hide the decline," a full explanation of the dendrochronological roots of the #Climategate fiasco. Critiques welcome!
There's basic irony in play here, given that recent divergence of tree growth from what's been typical for millennia seems to be our fault, while #ClimateScienceDeniers were going into a positive lather over a juicy pull-quote from stolen emails.
<p>The divergence problem is a physical phenomenon - tree growth has slowed or declined in the last few decades, mostly in high northern latitudes. The divergence problem is unprecedented, unique to the last few decades, indicating its cause may be anthropogenic. The cause is likely to be a combination of local and global factors such as warming-induced drought and global dimming. Tree-ring proxy reconstructions are reliable before 1960, tracking closely with the instrumental record and other independent proxies.</p>
On the #ClimateCrisis NOT GOOD NEWS front:
Thank you, #ShellEnergy , #BP, #ExxonMobile , #TotalEnergies, #OPEC, #etc and - before I forget - A special thanks to #GOP, the bought and paid for #ClimateScienceDeniers who could have acted 25 years ago. (There are far too many co-conspirators to list them all)
The PDO, or Pacific Decadal Oscillation is not responsible for global warming, as plainly indicated by "oscillation."
Oscillations don't produce monotonic trends, one-way movement. But this hasn't stopped #ClimateScienceDeniers working on behalf of the multi-trillion dollar fossil fuel industry from trying to confuse the public with the PDO.
We've updated our #ClimateMythRebuttal on the PDO, adding our new at-a-glance treatment. As always, feedback is welcome!
<p>PDO as an oscillation between positive and negative values shows no long term trend, while temperature shows a long term warming trend. When the PDO last switched to a cool phase, global temperatures were about 0.4C cooler than currently. The long term warming trend indicates the total energy in the Earth's climate system is increasing due to an energy imbalance.</p>
Cabinet Ministers Join Outspoken Climate Science Deniers at National Conservatism Conference
It is ‘deeply concerning’ that Suella Braverman, Michael Gove, and a raft of Tory MPs are speaking alongside anti-green forces, say opposition politicians
https://www.desmog.com/2023/05/15/national-conservatism-conference-cabinet-ministers-climate-denial/
#ClimateScienceDeniers #ToryDisaster #ClimateCrisis #climatechange #governmentcorruption
The National Conservatism (NatCon) conference kicks off today in Westminster, London, featuring a roster of high-profile speakers drawn from the upper reaches of the government and the conservative right. A DeSmog analysis has found climate denial and a hostility to net zero to be a common feature among many of the individuals speaking at the […]
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