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SYDNEY, Australia — More than half of the tipping points that could lead to longterm irreversible changes on Earth and threaten civilization have been activated, scientists warned.

The scientists, including Emeritus Professor Will Steffen from the Australian National University, or ANU, in Canberra, argued in an article published in the journal Nature that the nine tipping points could act like a row of dominoes.

“As soon as one or two climate dominoes are knocked over, they push Earth towards others,” Steffen said in a statement released by the university Thursday to accompany the Nature article.

“We fear that it may become impossible to stop the whole row of dominoes from tumbling over, forming a cascade that could threaten the existence of human civilizations.”

The active tipping points include the loss of Arctic sea ice and ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, the thawing of permafrost, and the destruction of boreal forest and the Amazon rainforest.

“The biosphere tipping points could trigger the uncontrollable release into the atmosphere of carbon that had been previously stored in the earth, accelerating the heating and further destabilizing the ice sheets,” Steffen said.

The melting of the ice sheets would lead to an “irreversible sea-level rise” of around 32 feet, he added.

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32 feet, eh? That will make for some wonderful new boating and coastlands.

Too bad the guy is an ignorant liar, and none of it will happen at all in any way due to anything humans are doing.

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More BS!!!!

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Well, if the planet is tired of us being here, ain't nothing we can do to stop it. Might as well have a drink or 10 and enjoy it.


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Originally Posted by Remsen
Well, if the planet is tired of us being here, ain't nothing we can do to stop it. Might as well have a drink or 10 and enjoy it.


This^^^

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Originally Posted by Remsen
Well, if the planet is tired of us being here, ain't nothing we can do to stop it. Might as well have a drink or 10 and enjoy it.


Well said.

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32 feet? Should cut down that drive to the shore by 50 minutes!






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Originally Posted by DakotaDeer
32 feet, eh? That will make for some wonderful new boating and coastlands.

Too bad the guy is an ignorant liar, and none of it will happen at all in any way due to anything humans are doing.


I’m gonna snap some photos now so I can remember where the good spots will be. I can see some ledges that will hold fish once they are submerged.

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Originally Posted by marktheshark
Originally Posted by Remsen
Well, if the planet is tired of us being here, ain't nothing we can do to stop it. Might as well have a drink or 10 and enjoy it.


This^^^


I'll drink to that!



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It could ruin human civilization!

Where are they thinking there is any human civilization?


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I'm gonna go buy some land that is 33 feet above sea level and wait for my beach front property


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I hope so, I have some property in Kentucky that might end up beachfront if everything goes well.

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Bringing more people to USA sure as hell won't help.

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I see where the British twat sir Richard Branson is coming out with a mega sized cruise ship.

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Fuuck these clowns.




Tom Steyer is cryin' but lives in a mansion.




Obama was a climate change pawn(obviously).



And then we have 1/2 the country believing(preaching) this bullchit yet still consumes like there is no tomorrow.

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I'm gonna go buy a big bag of pot now.
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Originally Posted by mudhen


SYDNEY, Australia — More than half of the tipping points that could lead to longterm irreversible changes on Earth and threaten civilization have been activated, scientists warned.

The scientists, including Emeritus Professor Will Steffen from the Australian National University, or ANU, in Canberra, argued in an article published in the journal Nature that the nine tipping points could act like a row of dominoes.

“As soon as one or two climate dominoes are knocked over, they push Earth towards others,” Steffen said in a statement released by the university Thursday to accompany the Nature article.

“We fear that it may become impossible to stop the whole row of dominoes from tumbling over, forming a cascade that could threaten the existence of human civilizations.”

The active tipping points include the loss of Arctic sea ice and ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, the thawing of permafrost, and the destruction of boreal forest and the Amazon rainforest.

“The biosphere tipping points could trigger the uncontrollable release into the atmosphere of carbon that had been previously stored in the earth, accelerating the heating and further destabilizing the ice sheets,” Steffen said.

The melting of the ice sheets would lead to an “irreversible sea-level rise” of around 32 feet, he added.

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Originally Posted by KFWA
I'm gonna go buy some land that is 33 feet above sea level and wait for my beach front property


All joking aside, I bought a 3 acre parcel on a plateau over puget sound. I need to measure how high that cliff is. Might need to change where we build!

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Originally Posted by SamOlson
Fuuck these clowns.




Tom Steyer is cryin' but lives in a mansion.




Obama was a climate change pawn(obviously).



And then we have 1/2 the country believing(preaching) this bullchit yet still consumes like there is no tomorrow.






Sure would like to know the petro-footprint of a Starbucks Gravitas Blend. smile


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