Topic: Climate Change

Articles about climate change.

The Limits of Climate Disaster

Posted in Unfounded Speculation on February 27th, 2012 by Stephen DeGrace Link
Topics: Crystal Ball, Science, Energy, Climate Change

The record will show that I am certainly not a climate change denier. However, I think that many scenarios of global warming make unwarranted assumptions about the rate of increase of green house gas levels in the atmosphere and hence don't paint a realistic picture of the future. A prime example of this genre, but by no means exceptional, is Under a Green Sky by Peter D.Ward, which I've just finished reading for the second time. I don't have any problem with the greenhouse extinction theory he describes, which is brilliant and convincing, but I have a problem with the way he extrapolates it into the future.

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