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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (250965)

5/25/2014 1:40:22 AM

From: koan

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I think the reason scientists have been conservative on global warming is that it is part of their culture to be very careful of being wrong, or saying anything without the studies to back them up. They don't involve themselves in a bunch of wild speculation.

And as regards an apocalypse, which we could be facing, they would never say that, as to too many that would seem nuts.

No one will say that. And it might be true; probably is true.

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"oops, we were too optimistic"

Been like that since at least '07. Deniers don't want to understand that the "alarmists" are pretty conservative.

"it's even possible there may be systems that produce a waterfall effect- and that things will go much more swiftly than we think"
I'd say "probable". Yeah, we gotta keep hoping, but we had better start doing, too. I wish Congress would say, "yeah, what California just did."

Arctic Ice Melting Much Faster Than Predicted

Richard A. Lovett
for National Geographic News

May 1, 2007
Arctic Ocean sea ice is melting faster than even the most advanced climate change models predict, a new study concludes.

news.nationalgeographic.com

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