How Six Degrees COULD Change the World »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 6 months, 3 weeks ago178 Comments Report this Story
This program by National Geographic discusses the POTENTIAL effect of global warming on the planet, one degree at a time over the NEXT 100 years.
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Eagle_Eye6 months, 3 weeks ago
Here is a reminder about the program I posted last week that National Geographic is presenting regarding the POTENTIAL effects of Climate Change of only 6 degrees over the course of the next 100 years.
Before any one decides to start shooting at me, please watch the program before making any judgement's or comments about the Sun, Mars ice caps, etc.
Thanks
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Searchbeam6 months, 3 weeks ago
fotw,
Did you look into Dish Network?
I have it for about 5 years. Excellent service, reasonable price!
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Eagle_Eye6 months, 3 weeks ago
I just learned some thing new. I had no idea that the oceans were responsible for cleaning our air like they said! I always thought it was more the rain forests.
But their description of the small sea creatures absorbing the Co2 to form their shells was intriguing. Now with too much CO2 it is making the water acidic eating the shells away and killing these small critters that absorb the CO2.
Fascinating how the world works.
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capecoralM6 months, 3 weeks ago
Not sure why this story is being posted again on Propeller.??? On another note EE did you claim to be a research scientist? You were not aware that the oceans are the largest carbon sinks. Are you aware of the term Photosynthesis? Let me enlighten you. Photosynthesis is the process of converting light energy to chemical energy and storing it in the bonds of sugar. This process occurs in plants and some algae (Kingdom Protista). Plants need only light energy, CO2, and H2O to make sugar. The process of photosynthesis takes place in the chloroplasts, specifically using chlorophyll, the green pigment involved in photosynthesis. About 70% of the Earth is covered with water, and 97% of that is part of the salty oceans. The plants in the oceans such as phytoplankton, need carbon dioxide â;; an important greenhouse gas â;; to live. The source of their carbon dioxide is the atmosphere.
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Searchbeam6 months, 3 weeks ago
capecoralM,
If you happen to be a research scientist, you seem to be very patronizing! That is not a good attribute for any research scientist.
I did not notice EE claiming to be a research scientist, and I think it is snide and nasty to make such obtuse statements.
Any research is tentative and the results are empirical unless they are tested and verified by independent researchers and validated by peer review.
Your comments above do not show proof of any such steps taken by the climate scientist. Perhaps, if this data is available, it would shed more light than heat on the current discussion thread.
One more thing:
The decision to post a story rests with the person who wishes to post the story, and not with any other person - biased, or otherwise! This is a forum for members and they have a right to post what they think is relevant. If you do not like it, you have the freedom of choice not to read it or post comments.
A little civility to the community here goes a long way.
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Centinel6 months, 3 weeks ago
I have watched the program. Thus far I have seen and heard much narration and dramatic visual effects and very little explanatory science. Alarmist style programming. I will admit that a 6 degree Centigrade increase in average global temperatures would be world changing. However, 1-2 degrees would not melt the arctic ice. Reduce it, yes. but not so drastically as is dramatized in the program.
Furthermore, the available fossil fuels are finite. Once they are gone, much of the problem associated with them will go away with them.
We Americans have already reduced significantly our CO2 emissions through vehicle emission reduction and stack scrubbers. Yet we seem to be the scapegoats. WHY? We have the money!
CO2 is widely blamed as the major contributing factor. Trees and rain reduce CO2 levels. We may not be able to increase rainfall except through generating rain forests but we can plant an awful lot of trees.
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Eagle_Eye6 months, 3 weeks ago
I have to disagree with you there, didn't you understand the part of "Carbon Foot Print" and CO2???
How about the part of our Oceans in cleaning the air but there is to much pollution and CO2 in the ocean for the little critters to absorb and clean??
How about the fact that over 14k French died in the last heat wave??
How about the fact that the Ice Caps are melting but rivers are drying up???
How about the fact that the storm systems are getting more violent?
How about the fact the Amazon River Forest and Basin is shrinking?
How about the fact that the western US is in the worse draught in a Century?
How about you watch it again and be sure to catch all the "scientific" facts presented...the facts are that the trees and critters that clean the CO2 levels are being affected by human carbon footprints...
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Centinel6 months, 3 weeks ago
Yes, throughout the program I was bombarded repeatedly that we humans are the "PRIMARY" cause. BS! That is both megalomaniacal and downright audacious. There are many factors. Not just human CO2 emissions! The Amazon river forest basin is being cut or burnt down. Not dying from drought.
Carbon footprint? All life on planet earth is carbon based. That is quite a footprint.
The planet can and will clean itself up. What we need to do is give it the chance by not exceeding its ability to do so at its rate.
Ice caps melting? Rivers drying up? Natural climatic changes. The earthquake that caused the huge pacific tsunami caused a slight change in the earth's axis. This is not something humans could do anything about.
Cosmic events contribute as well. The sun has been generating more heat and our orbit around it is becoming more concentric. Jupiter was hit with Shoemaker Levy 9. The plums were visible for months. This would affect Earths gravity. Cosmic events.
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Searchbeam6 months, 3 weeks ago
EE,
These "trolls" remind me of a bundle of seasonings that they used to add a to a kettle of stew or soup, to be taken out when done!
They add some flavor, but after they are thoroughly cooked, they are ready to be tossed out!
It is that "cooking" part that makes it a fun thing!
LOL!
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Centinel6 months, 3 weeks ago
There are many solutions to the problem that are inexpensive. However, with an economy going down the tubes a vast number of people do not have the resources to convert to renewable energy sources. The oil and coal cartels have a stranglehold on energy.
Our current economic situation will not support expensive investment into renewable energy sources and those in control of conventional energy sources have no intention of investing their "record profits" into less profit making sources. They can't sell sunshine or wind or water. Only harness it and sell it converted into energy. They can profit from commodities like coal and oil which they have to "buy" and pass the cost onto the consumer, at a profit!
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Natureboy6 months, 3 weeks ago
I have to agree with Centinel to some degree here - individuals have limited power - you can swap your gas-guzzling SUV for something more benign, and put fluorescent lights in your home, but your home is still a long ways from where you work and public transportation in this country is for the most part somewhere between inadequate and absent. Unless you grow your own food or buy at a farmer's market, the food you eat still travels on the average nearly 2,000 miles to reach you. And the produce you eat is still grown using petrochemical-intensive methods.
The change that is needed is much more radical than that which an urban individual can achieve on his/her own.
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Eagle_Eye6 months, 3 weeks ago
I did learn A LOT more about Climate Change with this program.
I found it most interesting how much damage is done by just a few degrees rise in temperature.
And I am really glad we don't eat Beef so we are not contributors to that Methane/Beef Carbon Foot Print, it is huge!!! The foot print of a "Cheese Burger" was astounding!
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