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To: i-node who wrote (51104)	1/7/2018 12:36:14 AM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 357275

I guess Science wasn't stressed in your Ozark curriculum.

To: i-node who wrote (51104)	1/7/2018 12:46:38 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 357275

"You know, at the end of the day, Carbon emissions aren't going to be a problem, right? " Wrong; they already are. "Long before any of this panic global warming crap matters." It already matters. US cities hit by more billion-dollar disasters than ever in 2017 -- From 'angry summer' to 'weird winter': 2017 was riddled with extreme weather ‘This summer, we are again bracing for “above normal” fire season in New South Wales, with the fire danger period commencing earlier than usual.’ Photograph: David Gray/Reuters Contact author Wed 27 Dec ‘17 21.17 ESTLast modified on Thu 28 Dec ‘17 04.53 EST The fingerprints of climate change can be traced across 2017, with extreme weather events witnessed around the world; from supercharged storms, hurricanes, floods and heatwaves through to bushfires. 2017 has seen it all. As the year draws to a close, it remains on track to become the third hottest year on record and the hottest in a non-El Niño year. Despite the United States and Europe continuing their decade-long decline in greenhouse gas pollution, Australia has been missing in action. Australia’s pollution has been rising year on year since March 2015. This pollution is contributing to driving worsening extreme weather here and around the world. 2017 kicked off with yet another “angry summer” across Australia, characterised by intense heatwaves, hot days and bushfires in central and eastern Australia, while heavy rainfall and flooding hit the west of the nation. In just 90 days, more than 205 records were broken around the country. Temperatures soared beyond 40C during Sydney’s hottest January on record, with news outlets labelling the event as “the summer of sweat”. The extreme summer heat in New South Wales was at least 50 times more likely to occur due to climate change. Australia is the land of droughts and flooding rains, but the extreme weather events we are now seeing are becoming more frequent and more forceful. The “angry summer” was just one example of this trend. - "as to sea level rise, that's just a fact of life. It will stop the freezing starts again." That's expected to be in 100,000 years, cuz we've overridden the next ice age with our carbon.