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Last updated on August 6th, 2017 at 01:22 pm
Der Spiegel has der scoop:
Global climate change is happening faster than previously believed and its impact is worse than expected, information from an as-yet unpublished draft of the long-awaited second part of a United Nations report obtained by SPIEGEL ONLINE reveals. No region of the planet will be spared and some will be hit especially hard.
I was at this card game the other night, and … oh, sorry. Got distracted. Back to global warming:
The main conclusion of the report is that climate change is already having a profound effect on all the continents and on many of the Earth’s ecosystems. The draft presents a long list of evidence:
* Glacial lakes are increasing in both size and number, potentially leading to deadly floods
Potentially. Or it could just lead to a few more harmless lakes.
* Permafrost in mountainous regions and at high latitudes is warming increasing the danger of land slides.
Note to self: do not relocate to an area beneath permafrosted high-latitude regions. (Reply to self: it’s a deal, Timmy!)
* As the temperature of rivers and lakes rises, their thermal stratification and water quality is changing.
The thermal stratification is changing? Hand me some frickin’ cyanide capsules, already.
* River currents, affected by melting glaciers and ice, are speeding up during the spring.
Gasp! Faster river currents, you say?
* Springtime is starting earlier, causing plants to bloom earlier and changing the migrations of birds.
Considering that birds evolved from dinosaurs, the relatively minor matter of altered migratory schedules should be easy enough for them to cope with.
* Many plants and animals are expanding their habitats into mountainous regions and higher latitudes that are becoming milder.
Expanded wildlife habitats are a problem now? Man, this eco-crisis deal is hard to keep up with. Maybe Al Gore can save us all by buying more carbon credits from his own company.
- Or it could just lead to a few more harmless lakes.
…which we have the technology to move or make dissappear. So what’s the problem?
Posted by Vanguard of the Commentariat on 2007 03 03 at 01:03 PM • permalink
Expanded wildlife habitats are a problem now?
I’m sure Bush is at fault!
I thought they told us last week that global warming was responsible for shrinking wildlife habitats. Isn’t that what that polar bear picture was supposed to show?
My head hurts. I think I need a drink.
By the way, the Scotch is shrinking, but that’s me, not global warming :-0
* Many plants and animals are expanding their habitats into mountainous regions and higher latitudes that are becoming milder.
This can be considered a good change as well, for many different species. But leave it to hysterical environmentalists to see that that glass is half empty.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2007 03 03 at 01:37 PM • permalink
By the way, the Scotch is shrinking, but that’s me, not global warming
Be careful that your house isn’t flooded when the ice in your glass melts, Retread, although maybe the US Army Corps of Engineers will pay $200-million to relocate you!
Posted by andycanuck on 2007 03 03 at 01:54 PM • permalink
- If I suspect a new acquaintance might be an environmental theologian I sometime casually comment, ‘All these disastrous effects from global warming. Surely it must do something good.’ A normal person might respond, ‘Well, I don’t know. Maybe the winters are a bit more pleasant in Alaska.’ But if you get twenty minutes of stuttering, bilious rage you know whom you’re dealing with.
- Funny how none of this stuff appears in the IPCC’s report.
No hocky stick, no increase in hurricanes, cut of estimated temperature rise, cut of estimated sea level rise by 50%.
By their rules, this is the “scientific consensus”
Not scary enough for the watermelons though.
- They are fighting back on the polar bear listing.
“The listing likely will force anyone in America whose business requires the emission of greenhouse gases to go through an additional layer of consultation with the Fish and Wildlife Service, creating delays and expenses,”
Marilyn Crockett Big Oil Shill, but telling the truth nonetheless.I can hear the greeny response right now, “and this is supposed to be a bad thing?”
To me Kyoto = Smoot Hawley. It is if they are willing a depression.
- If the Polar Bear is listed as endangered, unelected, lifetime-appointed, judges will have the power to order reductions in GHG, without any new legislation. They would then be able to impose taxes, close factories, whatever.
This is the largest reason the US begged off Kyoto. Once the US signs a treaty, it becomes part of our constitution and non compliance, of the kind indulged by Canada and Europe, would not be an option.
Europeans don’t believe this because under parlimentary systems, the PM is more like a king, and can shrug his shoulders if the target is missed. There is no such thing as a “non binding” treaty under our form of govt.
Despite the fact that the US is outperforming Canada and Europe in reducing CO2 growth, we would still be subjected to draconian measures untill we reached our targets.
Whatever the anti-American “know nothings” think.
- #11 moptop
‘If the Polar Bear is listed as endangered, unelected, lifetime-appointed, judges will have the power to order reductions in GHG, without any new legislation. They would then be able to impose taxes, close factories, whatever.’
There is always the chance that a fair minded judge like
this one may preside and reason – and evidence – will prevail.Posted by under the whip on 2007 03 03 at 03:11 PM • permalink
- ‘Delegates from several countries wrestled with the wording of the first part of the report up until the last minute before its publication. Because, of course, for both scientists and politicians it can make a big difference whether the consequences of climate change are “likely,” “very likely,” or “practically certain.”’
Of course the wording makes no difference whatsoever to the actual likelihood of any of this happening at all!
Posted by under the whip on 2007 03 03 at 03:34 PM • permalink
- Is everyone looking forward to the latest round of BS on Channel Ten tonight??? If the trailer for Cool Aid on their home page is anything to go by, it should be a hoot… Gorebals even makes an appearance telling us that “individuals can make a difference”. Maybe he’ll try to sell us some of his dodgy carbon credits…
The trailer on TV shamelessly shows harbour waters lapping at the Opera House steps… Seriously? Ten…
- Is the world’s weather already out of control?
Come on. Someone actually wrote that?
Posted by Crispytoast on 2007 03 03 at 04:19 PM • permalink
- I urge everyone to immediately invest in carbon offset credits.
Failing that, can I interest anyone in a reasonably-priced sack of magic beans?
Posted by Copious Maximus on 2007 03 03 at 04:49 PM • permalink
- * Glacial lakes are increasing in both size and number
Uh … did anyone remember to tell Wronwright to stop moving those lakes?
Posted by Evil Pundit on 2007 03 03 at 05:07 PM • permalink
- So, Der Spiegel went to Der Junkman’s web site where it has been available since day one.Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 03 03 at 05:10 PM • permalink
- #3 Retread, you sound confused because GW (aren’t I missing a B there … conspiracy?) causes both shrinking and enlargening of wildlife habitat? How about droughts AND floods, at the same time and place I expect.
You clearly aren’t keeping UP TO DATE with the disaster staring us in the face.
Now, sinner, go say three Hail Gaias and buy a dozen carbon credits.
Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 03 03 at 05:18 PM • permalink
- #12 Wow. Thank god for The Common Law and JPs (well, this time. I know, sometimes they can be a little irritating when they hand out sentances and paragraphs).
I bet the enviros were shocked that a judge would actually look at and analyse the evidence, rather than just weigh volumes of paper on a scale. What a concept. Bravo.
Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 03 03 at 05:36 PM • permalink
- #15 Oh bloody hell. Do you mean that Paco didn’t deligate anyone to man the control room while he was off on his two month vacation?Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 03 03 at 05:38 PM • permalink
- Please,please do not miss the link to the Gore investment company. Please! This is a real joke.
All of the investment managers are politically connected Dems.
I would also like to know what would be green about an investment in Staples, Aflac or UBS(Union Bank of Switzerland)? There are a couple of greener companies in there like Whole Foods Markets and Johnson Controls but NOTHING(outside of GE) for real direct green. No bio-fuels like Verasun or Pacific Energy or solar like First Solar or Evergreen solar.
Oh! Did I mention that Aflac is a huge Dem contributor?
- “Faster river currents?” I need to get a bigger motor on my boat!Posted by dean martin on 2007 03 03 at 07:51 PM • permalink
- #25 I need to swim faster in the St. Lawrence??
Haven’t noticed any change yet.
I think they are being dishonest.
Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 03 03 at 07:56 PM • permalink
- Bird migratory patterns huh? I’m reminded of an old fable, which I have updated and which seems somehow relevant to the global warming doomsayers:
A little bird was flying south for the winter several days after the rest of his flock had departed. Due to the delay (and global warming), it got so cold the bird froze up and fell to the ground in a large field. While it was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some manure on it. As it lay there in the pile of manure, it began to realize how warm it was. The manure was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy. A passing cat heard the little bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of manure and promptly dug him out – and ate him!
The morals of the story are:
1. Not everyone who drops shit on you is your enemy.
2. Not everyone who digs you out of a pile of shit is your friend
3. When you are up to your eyeballs in shit, keep your mouth shut!
- Hmmmm.
Maybe Al Gore can save us all by buying more carbon credits from his own company.
Hey don’t knock it man. I just bought $45 million dollars worth of carbon offset credits myself.
Sure I own the company and I bought them by spending one dollar at a time (actually the same dollar but who’s counting). But it still counts.
If Al Gore can make the claim then so can I.
Posted by memomachine on 2007 03 03 at 09:54 PM • permalink
- #16 Copious Maximus
Failing that, can I interest anyone in a reasonably-priced sack of magic beans?
You’ve got the magic beans? Oh, my! Rumor has it that Paco’s absence is due to Wronwright sending him on a mission to find those dratted things.
I’d keep quiet if I were you.
Posted by Spiny Norman on 2007 03 04 at 04:11 AM • permalink
- * Many plants and animals are expanding their habitats into mountainous regions and higher latitudes that are becoming milder.
I think I can fix that problem.
* Permafrost in mountainous regions and at high latitudes is warming increasing the danger of land slides.
Nothing like a good landslide to decrease the population.
Many plants and animals are expanding their habitats into mountainous regions and higher latitudes that are becoming milder.
Isn’t this a good thing? Relatively fewer people live in mountainous regions and higher latitudes so it would be a great place for Gaia’s furry animals to live.
But you just know the ecologists won’t be keeping a score card of good things and bad things that happen due to gorebal warming. Just the bad things.
I call that sloth.
Posted by wronwright on 2007 03 04 at 08:33 AM • permalink
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It is clear to me that the sky is falling.
There is no other explanation and when the sky falls we will have darkness and stars all day.
It will get very, very cold.
jlc