‘Rapid’ global warming due to increase in sun’s radiation
reposted | 12.03.2007 18:08 | Ecology
A Russian Astronomer reports that the
ice caps on Mars are shrinking and
suggests that an increase in solar
radiation is causing it as well as the
warming that scientists around the world
are seeing here on Earth. That might well
explain the reports that warming here is
accelerating much faster than the scientists
predicted.
...According to the director of the Norwegian section
...of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Rasmus
...Hansson, the change "is happening so extremely
...fast, much much faster than we have seen in
...thousands and thousands of years. [1]
...David Adam, Environmental Correspondant for the UK Guardian, wrote "Carbon
...dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere much faster than scientists expected, .....
...New figures from dozens of measuring stations across the world reveal that
...concentrations of CO2, the main greenhouse gas, rose at record levels during
...2006 - the fourth year in the last five to show a sharp increase. Experts are
...puzzled because the spike, which follows decades of more modest annual
...rises, does not appear to match the pattern of steady increases in human
...emissions." [2]
The scientists have been puzzled by the acceleration of the warming and rise
in sea levels that are at the upper end of and beyond their predictions.
...The research shows that between 1993 and 2006, sea levels rose by 3.3mm
...a year on average, while the 2001 IPCC report had predicted an annual rise of
...less than 2mm. [3]
...Startling amounts of ice slipping into the sea have taken glaciologists by surprise;
...now they fear that this century's greenhouse emissions could be committing the
...world to a catastrophic sea-level rise......[4]
Some theories that are being brought forward are:
- the Earth is losing it's ability to absorb CO2 from the air, [2]
- the dreaded multiple 'positive feedbacks' are already kicking in, [5]
- (and now) an increase in solar radiation is warming the planet.
Quite likely it is a combination of all of these, plus the increasing levels of CO2
from man's burning of fossil fuels. The percentage of each contributing factor is
a moot point at this time in history, and to argue about man's contribution is a
waste of time. The atmosphere was at 379 ppm in 2006 which is over 100 ppm
more than the earth has seen in over 650,000 years.[6] And it's starting to show
everywhere the scientists look.
The warming on Mars may also be caused by more factors than just the sun. And
with just one scientist looking through a telescope versus thousands of scientists
taking measurements in the ocean, air, glaciers, ozone, etc........well you see my
point.
The global warming deniers are pointing to this Russian's report as if it is good
news that the warming scientists are observing is not caused by man. That
is totally insane in the face of the fact that the earth is warming in the 'hockey stick'
scenario, meaning ever accelerating increases......perhaps even out-of-control
increases. It certainly is not good news at all. It won't matter a nit how much man
had to do with a climate change that destroys our atmosphere and alters life on this
planet so much that hundreds of millions of people may perish from world-wide
droughts, pestilence and famine.
We all better get our heads out of the 'blame game' and begin trying to restore this
wonderfull climate that we have taken for granted for so long. PLEASE! Let's say the
warming is due to the sun or orbital variations or whatever, and man is simply
adding to it. But the important thing is.........the climate is warming faster than was
expected by the experts from around the world!
From the Online Journal:
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_1827.shtml
References:
1- Arctic Region As Global Warming Barometer
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Arctic_Region_As_Global_Warming_Barometer_999.html
2- Surge in carbon levels raises fears of runaway warming
http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1994071,00.html
3- World's sea levels rising at accelerating rate
environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,2004718,00.html
4- A Worrying Trend of Less Ice, Higher Seas
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/311/5768/1698
5- Review of the year: Global warming: Our worst fears are exceeded by reality
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2110651.ece
6- Carbon dioxide rate is at highest level for 650,000 years
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2211568.ece
ice caps on Mars are shrinking and
suggests that an increase in solar
radiation is causing it as well as the
warming that scientists around the world
are seeing here on Earth. That might well
explain the reports that warming here is
accelerating much faster than the scientists
predicted.
...According to the director of the Norwegian section
...of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Rasmus
...Hansson, the change "is happening so extremely
...fast, much much faster than we have seen in
...thousands and thousands of years. [1]
...David Adam, Environmental Correspondant for the UK Guardian, wrote "Carbon
...dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere much faster than scientists expected, .....
...New figures from dozens of measuring stations across the world reveal that
...concentrations of CO2, the main greenhouse gas, rose at record levels during
...2006 - the fourth year in the last five to show a sharp increase. Experts are
...puzzled because the spike, which follows decades of more modest annual
...rises, does not appear to match the pattern of steady increases in human
...emissions." [2]
The scientists have been puzzled by the acceleration of the warming and rise
in sea levels that are at the upper end of and beyond their predictions.
...The research shows that between 1993 and 2006, sea levels rose by 3.3mm
...a year on average, while the 2001 IPCC report had predicted an annual rise of
...less than 2mm. [3]
...Startling amounts of ice slipping into the sea have taken glaciologists by surprise;
...now they fear that this century's greenhouse emissions could be committing the
...world to a catastrophic sea-level rise......[4]
Some theories that are being brought forward are:
- the Earth is losing it's ability to absorb CO2 from the air, [2]
- the dreaded multiple 'positive feedbacks' are already kicking in, [5]
- (and now) an increase in solar radiation is warming the planet.
Quite likely it is a combination of all of these, plus the increasing levels of CO2
from man's burning of fossil fuels. The percentage of each contributing factor is
a moot point at this time in history, and to argue about man's contribution is a
waste of time. The atmosphere was at 379 ppm in 2006 which is over 100 ppm
more than the earth has seen in over 650,000 years.[6] And it's starting to show
everywhere the scientists look.
The warming on Mars may also be caused by more factors than just the sun. And
with just one scientist looking through a telescope versus thousands of scientists
taking measurements in the ocean, air, glaciers, ozone, etc........well you see my
point.
The global warming deniers are pointing to this Russian's report as if it is good
news that the warming scientists are observing is not caused by man. That
is totally insane in the face of the fact that the earth is warming in the 'hockey stick'
scenario, meaning ever accelerating increases......perhaps even out-of-control
increases. It certainly is not good news at all. It won't matter a nit how much man
had to do with a climate change that destroys our atmosphere and alters life on this
planet so much that hundreds of millions of people may perish from world-wide
droughts, pestilence and famine.
We all better get our heads out of the 'blame game' and begin trying to restore this
wonderfull climate that we have taken for granted for so long. PLEASE! Let's say the
warming is due to the sun or orbital variations or whatever, and man is simply
adding to it. But the important thing is.........the climate is warming faster than was
expected by the experts from around the world!
From the Online Journal:
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_1827.shtml References:
1- Arctic Region As Global Warming Barometer
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Arctic_Region_As_Global_Warming_Barometer_999.html 2- Surge in carbon levels raises fears of runaway warming
http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1994071,00.html 3- World's sea levels rising at accelerating rate
environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,2004718,00.html
4- A Worrying Trend of Less Ice, Higher Seas
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/311/5768/1698 5- Review of the year: Global warming: Our worst fears are exceeded by reality
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2110651.ece 6- Carbon dioxide rate is at highest level for 650,000 years
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2211568.ece
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12.03.2007 18:30
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Please reconsider this position!
12.03.2007 19:57
But in this time of Government interference and stiffling of scientific reports, and a barage of hacks paid by the oil companies to mis-inform the public, AND the fact that corp. media will not give this subject the coverage it deserves (a woman who decides not to get married and flies to Vegas is plastered everywhere for weeks) it would be a great gift of the Indymedia network to help and correct the situation since it is much needed that the people become aware as soon as possible.
The articles I have been posting are found sometimes in corp. media but mostly on small sites and many times have only been posted on the IMC network. They are never picked up by the entire corp. media so it is not as big of a violation of your Indymedia guidelines as you make it seem.
Please give your help in a desperate effort to fight a fight that is no ordinary fight and will require much help from people around the world to change attitudes and fight the oil machinery that is in total control at the moment. PLEASE!!!!!
I am not breaking the guidlines just to be breaking the guidlines. I am trying to get these reports out to the people the only way I can (and you can too, if you will bend the rules for a subject that is bigger than the IMC Network).
By the way, many thanks to everyone involved in the IMC Network. At this time, it is an ESSENTIAL outlet for the truth......and about the only one we have unless every person on earth will spend hours everyday browsing dozens of sites for this news.
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Having a Giraffe
12.03.2007 21:24
"The articles I have been posting are found sometimes in corp. media but mostly on small sites and many times have only been posted on the IMC network. "
Your references were 2 articles from the Guardian, 2 articles from the Independent, 1 from terradaily.com (source: Agence France-Presse) and one from sciencemag.org (which I could subscribe to for $99 ..... )
Your belief that the corporate press will cover this topic in a fair, open and useful way is touchingly naive, but also very misplaced.
If the subject is bigger than Indymedia, then I guess that you'll find somewhere even bigger to do your reposting. But Indymedia isn't about to become a late edition of the Guardian.
New York Times
re: Girraffe
12.03.2007 23:13
Can't you make the distinction between this information and a story about a woman who decides not to get married? That's the kind of coverage climate change should be getting but it won't because the oil companies have too much power.
The IMCs are all we have to disseminate vital reports that the corp. media is ignoring.
I don't know how you feel about your kids and grandchildren and the future they will have, but this is such a huge issue that it is very difficult for people to get their heads around, and the issue deserves as much help as it can get. PLEASE don't help the oil companies do their nasty deed and stay loyal to the independence of your IMC. The IMC network is badly needed to step up a notch and do what the corp. media refuses to do.
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New Publishing Rules Restrict Scientists
www.physorg.com/news85254012.html
Scientists' Report Documents ExxonMobil’s Tobacco-like
Disinformation Campaign on Global Warming Science
Reduce CO2 in Ten Years, or Climate Will be Out-of-Control
First 7 Months of 2006 Hottest Ever Recorded in U.S.
madison.indymedia.org/feature/display/44565/index.php
NOAA REPORTS 2006 WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD FOR U.S.
www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2772.htm
Global Warming: Here Are the Hard Facts
www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070121/NEWS/701210320
European countries have warmest January on record
Arctic Ice Gone by 2020!
Lack of lake ice a harbinger of things to come
IPCC Report UNDER-ESTIMATES GLOBAL WARMING say experts
Climate Change Impact 'underestimated due to undeclared emissions'
Signs of Massive Oceanic Disruption - New Research
Tundra Disappearing At Rapid Rate
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070305140830.htm
Does anyone check each of these sites out every day? No, and you cannot expect them to.
I get google alerts and check a few climate news sites every day to find new news. It is not fun for me and I am paid nothing. But I see it as an absolute necessity with what is happening to the climate. Please forgive me.
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