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why is there so much rain??
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Sorry, I’m the last anon that asked your opinion on climate change. I’m having my masters degree in environmental sciences in an Eastern European country (don’t want to reveal any more details publicly, sorry) and the info I was given comes from actual proffessors here. This was told to us by a meteorologist who teaches sustainable agriculture and gave us a lecture about the cyclic nature of climate change, to be specific.
I’m not saying climate change does not exist btw! I’m just very confused at the moment, because it seems like there are two polar opposite opinions coming from various proffessors here and I don’t know what to think lol. I do realize that business is a huge factor and companies are interested in getting the public to be on their side, but I just want to know what is actually happening. With no bullshit.
These were some of the graphs that was shown to us.
This is not my opinion, to be clear! I just want to know enough to form my own opinion on this and atm I feel like my brain is being pulled in two different directions lol.
The last picture I think is just.. Not true?
This is straight from the Global Carbon Project
Plus sunspots have nothing to do with climate change. Sunspots are caused by the magnetic field of the sun becoming ‘twisted’ as the sun is gaseous and the poles rotate at a different speed than the equator and occur in 11 year cycles. Sunspots, much like the distance of the sun to the Earth, have no impact on climate. (for example, the Earth is closest to the sun during winter in the NH, but has no effect because of Earth’s atmosphere).
Also, the first graph is a bit hard to read but it just seems to follow mass extinction events and the climate change due to them? Mass extinction events being caused by horrible things like, yknow, asteroid impacts, supervolcano eruptions, and then look at the spike happening currently. You know what hasn’t happened in a minute? A massive asteroid impact or supervolcano eruption. So what could have caused it? ((humans)).
(The sources from my first post is from realclimate.org)
Climate change.
Anonymous asked:
As an astrophysicist, what's your opinion on climate change? Do you think the activity of the Sun or people are the ones that cause the Earth to heat up? Can/should we even do anything about it? From what I've read, industries, agriculture etc account only for around 3% of the co2 emissions. The other 97 are from the nature (oceans, soil etc). I'm a bit confused, personally, because we all are told that greenhouse gasses are bad and we should do everything to make less of them.What do you think?
There are like 10 companies that are single handedly killing the planet and the only way to combat complete environmental catastrophe is to hold them accountable.
Plus, whoever told you those statistics were boldface lying to you.
- Since the beginning of industrialization, the CO2 concentration has risen from 280 ppm (the value of the previous millennia of the Holocene) to now 405 ppm.
- This increase by 45 percent (or 125 ppm) is completely caused by humans.
- The CO2 concentration is thus now already higher than it has been for several million years.
- The additional 125 ppm CO2 have a heating effect of 2 watts per square meter of earth surface, due to the well-known greenhouse effect – enough to raise the global temperature by around 1°C until the present.
Exxon mobil, in particular, is likely where that statistic came from.
This is an advertorial by ExxonMobil in the New York Times from 1997:
The text to go with it read:
While most of the CO2 emitted by far is the result of natural phenomena – namely respiration and decomposition, most attention has centered on the three to four percent related to human activities – burning of fossil fuels, deforestation.
A recent publication by Geoffrey Supran and Naomi Oreskes in Environmental Research Letters has systematically assessed ExxonMobil’s climate change communications during 1977–2014 and found:
We conclude that ExxonMobil contributed to advancing climate science—by way of its scientists’ academic publications—but promoted doubt about it in advertorials. Given this discrepancy, we conclude that ExxonMobil misled the public.
Also, the ocean and land absorbs CO2
OK I have watched MANY videos and here it is for all you kids to learn your viral/meme video history, here are some premium vintage meme fodder:
Hampster Dance (1998)
Rejected (2000)
All Your Base (2001)
Tidus Laughing (2001)
The End of the World (2003)
Badger Badger Badger (2003)
Hyakugojyuuichi!!! (2003)
GI Joe PSAs (2003)
Llama Song (2004)
Banana Phone (2004)
Ddautta (There She Is!) (2004)
Charlie the Unicorn (2005)
Cillit Bang (2006)
Caramelldansen (2006)
Metal Gear Awesome (2006)
Leekspin (2006)
Marissa Stole the Precious Thing (2006)
The Mysterious Ticking Noise (2007)
Powerthirst (2007)
Paffendorf (2007)
Splash Attack (2007)
Caipirinha Dance (2007)
I Take a Potato Chip… (2007)
Nico Nico Douga Medley (2007)
Ronald McDonald Ran Ran Ru (2008)
Danjo (2008)
Giga Pudding (2008)
The Ultimate Showdown (2008)
Balsamic Vinegar (2008)
Sakura-Con Commercial (2009)
Shamwow (2009)
Slapchop (2009)
OK GO- Here It Goes Again (2009)
Stu Making Chocolate Pudding at 4 AM (2010)
HEYYEYAA (2010)
Galo Sengan (2011)
There are probably more that I’m missing. Some of these videos are part of a series (GI Joe, Potter Puppet Pals) and I didn’t count shitty videos like those idiot laughing babies.
Oh my fucking god, I was a retro memer
I can’t believe we’re already calling Charlie the Unicorn vintage, I feel so old
Charlie the Unicorn would be in 6th grade if it was a person.
GI JOEEEEEE
and don’t forget these classics
They’re Taking The Hobbits To Isengard (2006)
Numa Numa (2006)
The Gummy Bear Song (2007)
The Duck Song (2009)
White & Nerdy (2009)
Trololo (2010)
Nyan Cat (2011)
Anyone remember Mr. T Vs Unicron (2003)?
FUCK
can’t believe there’s no mention of the most iconic of them all: WTF Bomb, ima firin my lazar, and Ninja Info Cards
How could this list not include the greatest 2007 meme of all time, the dramatic reading of a break up letter???: https://youtu.be/MBHOL1PcPR8
What about -
Chocolate Rain (2007)
Fork in the Garbage Disposal (2007)
I Can Break These Cuffs (2008)
Do You Like Waffles? (2008)
Fukkireta (2010)
Spitting While Kissing (2011)
Navy Seal Copypasta (2012)
Someone add lllams with hats. I can’t believe potter puppet pals is 10 years old now
The ancient times
Wow I managed to miss a few of these back in the day. I’m not sure whether I regret that.
the navy seal copypasta could not POSSIBLY have come out in 2012. there is no FUCKING way.
“Donald Trump fails to grasp basic climate change facts”
Is a headline that is both extremely accurate AND also remains extremely accurate if you take the words “Climate Change” out of it as well
“The ice caps were going to melt, they were going to be gone by now, but now they’re setting records. They’re at a record level,” Mr Trump continued.
As for polar ice levels, data shows that they are indeed – as Mr Trump stated – at “a record level”, although not the level he had in mind. Last year Nasa reported record lows in sea ice extent in both the Arctic and the Antarctic.
Yep, sounds about right.
“They’re at a record level!”
“Yes and that’s BAD”
“But..they’re at a record level”
“Yes, the lowest on record”
“Record…level….”
America would be better off if it had elected a five year old ._;
“It’s 2019. Can we all now please stop saying “climate change” and instead call it what it is: climate breakdown, climate crisis, climate emergency, ecological breakdown, ecological crisis and ecological emergency?
#ClimateBreakdown #EcologicalBreakdown”
In related news:
Huge swathes of the Arctic on fire, ‘unprecedented’ satellite images show
Earth’s boreal forests now burning at rate unseen in ‘at least 10,000 years’, scientists warn
Environmentalists cheered when Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, rode a wave of popularity to the position last fall, replacing the pro-tar sands, anti-carbon regulation Steven Harper. Now, Trudeau is preparing for his first state visit to Washington, D.C., where the Prime Minister and President Obama are set to discuss climate change and trade next week.
