Are We Already Doomed? – Why 12 years to act and what does that mean?

By Bruce Melton PEJune 23, 2019June 29th, 2021Gigs and Presentations

What is climate restoration and why aren’t we doing this already? The 1.5 C carbon budget allows abrupt change initiations completion like collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet; mandatory natural and or chemical carbon dioxide removal required in addition to emissions reductions; plus climate restoration scenarios to undoom us. First presented to the Climate Change Committee of the Austin group of Sierra Club on 6/3/2019. 102 images, 40 mb – Link to presentation

Remember, average global warming over land is double the global average because of the cooling influence of our oceans and ice sheets, or 3.56 degrees C in December (6.4 F). and the average over the arctic is four times the global average or 7.12 C (12.8 F). Importantly, the increase in extreme temperature is far greater than the average, and extreme weather increases nonlinearly because of the basics of heat and energy physics, where a little warming does not create a little more extremeness in the weather, it creates a lot more.

Are We Already Doomed? – Why 12 years to act and what does that mean?

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