Warren Buffett on Climate Change: meh

[skookerasbil]

Warren Buffett says climate change no risk to Berkshire Hathaway - FT.com

Another guy who's not caring.......

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - climate change causin' alla bad storms...

Researchers: Climate Change, Extreme Weather Linked[
March 11, 2016 - Authors of a new report say they have "high confidence" that some extreme weather events such as droughts, heat waves and heavy precipitation are being influenced by human-caused climate change.

A committee of climate researchers from British and American universities, working under the auspices of Washington's National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, laid out its findings Friday at a news conference. In the past, scientists generally said the coincidence of specific episodes of extreme weather and climate change had no definitive link. But the committee collected long-term statistics on extreme events and were able to map out how they were becoming more severe as the effects of climate change piled up over time.

For example, in "Attribution of Extreme Weather Events in the Context of Climate Change," the committee pointed to the 2010 heat wave in Russia that led to the nation's worst drought in nearly 40 years, and the loss of at least 9 million hectares of crops. The members also noted the extreme rain in the United Kingdom in 2000 that caused the worst widespread flooding since the 1940s. The researchers said they didn't yet have enough information to blame every specific event on climate change. But they said that as more research is done, scientists' understanding might expand to the point at which they will be able to link climate change to cyclones, wildfires, and severe convective storms that can lead to tornadoes.

This illustration obtained from NASA on January 20, 2016 shows that 2015 was the warmest year since modern record-keeping began in 1880, according to a new analysis by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies.​

The information is important because as these extreme events become worse and more common, the effects can be quantified in dollars and lives. In 2014, for instance, the World Meteorological Organization estimated that extreme weather events cost humanity over $2 trillion and killed more than 2 million people. "Understanding that risk is crucial for governments and businesses," said David Titley of Pennsylvania State University, the committee's chairman. "For example, if you're managing a business, you may need to know whether there may be more droughts in the future, because they may impact supply chain logistics and, ultimately, your bottom dollar."

The report called for building upon its findings with additional research in the hope that forecasters and researchers can eventually develop better predictive models based not just on our understanding of climate, but on the knowledge of the impact that climate change is having on individual weather systems.

Researchers: Climate Change, Extreme Weather Linked

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - gonna be a hot time inna ol' town...

Climate Change Rate May Be Faster Than Expected
March 23, 2016 - The latest findings by a group of prominent scientists say our planet has not seen its surface warm up so much, in such a short period, during the past 66 million years and the impact will come much quicker and with much worse consequences than previously thought.

According to a study published in 2006 in the online journal Science, the last sudden rise of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere happened 55 million years ago and lasted for about 170,000 years. The global temperature then increased about five degrees Celsius, causing profound changes in the planet’s ecology, including mass extinctions. In a new 52-page report, published Tuesday in the scientific journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19 scientists say we are releasing CO2 in the atmosphere much faster than 55 million years ago, and that even two degrees Celsius rise of the average temperature will have catastrophic effects on the planet’s climate.

Authors warn of collapsing ice sheets, violent mega storms and giant waves.

The leader of the study, former NASA scientist James Hansen, says we may already have passed the point of no return and future generations will bear the dire consequences. When Hansen issued the first warning last summer, some journalists and fellow scientists criticized it as lacking enough evidence. But he has since been joined, in a peer review, by many other prominent scientists who revised the paper and made it less dramatic. But serious concerns remain. Combining evidence about ancient climate changes, modern observations and results of computer modeling, the authors conclude that rapid melting of Greenland and Antarctica ice will cause not only a rise in sea levels, but also many other climate changes.

This illustration obtained from NASA on January 20, 2016 shows that 2015 was the warmest year since modern record-keeping began in 1880, according to a new analysis by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies.​

Specifically, they point to a phenomenon called ‘stratification,’ which means formation of cold water pools on the ocean’s surface, caused by melting of the ice sheets. The warm water trapped below will continue to melt the bottom of the ice sheets, contributing to rapid sea level rise. Evidence of stratification has already been observed off the Greenland’s southern coast. According to the study, the changes will lead to a growing temperature differential between northern and equatorial regions, that in turn will cause intense cyclones and storms with gigantic waves.

The findings cited in the study are supported with other research, such as that done by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Some reviewers have been praising the report as a “masterwork of scholarly synthesis”, while others say it is still not certain that it will “match what will happen in the real world.” However, as one of the reviewers, Penn State glaciologist Richard Alley, said, "the paper reminds us that large and rapid changes [of the climate] are possible. We just don’t know how much and how likely."

Climate Change Rate May Be Faster Than Expected

 

[westwall]

Granny says, "Dat's right - gonna be a hot time inna ol' town...

Climate Change Rate May Be Faster Than Expected
March 23, 2016 - The latest findings by a group of prominent scientists say our planet has not seen its surface warm up so much, in such a short period, during the past 66 million years and the impact will come much quicker and with much worse consequences than previously thought.

According to a study published in 2006 in the online journal Science, the last sudden rise of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere happened 55 million years ago and lasted for about 170,000 years. The global temperature then increased about five degrees Celsius, causing profound changes in the planet’s ecology, including mass extinctions. In a new 52-page report, published Tuesday in the scientific journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19 scientists say we are releasing CO2 in the atmosphere much faster than 55 million years ago, and that even two degrees Celsius rise of the average temperature will have catastrophic effects on the planet’s climate.

Authors warn of collapsing ice sheets, violent mega storms and giant waves.

The leader of the study, former NASA scientist James Hansen, says we may already have passed the point of no return and future generations will bear the dire consequences. When Hansen issued the first warning last summer, some journalists and fellow scientists criticized it as lacking enough evidence. But he has since been joined, in a peer review, by many other prominent scientists who revised the paper and made it less dramatic. But serious concerns remain. Combining evidence about ancient climate changes, modern observations and results of computer modeling, the authors conclude that rapid melting of Greenland and Antarctica ice will cause not only a rise in sea levels, but also many other climate changes.

This illustration obtained from NASA on January 20, 2016 shows that 2015 was the warmest year since modern record-keeping began in 1880, according to a new analysis by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies.​

Specifically, they point to a phenomenon called ‘stratification,’ which means formation of cold water pools on the ocean’s surface, caused by melting of the ice sheets. The warm water trapped below will continue to melt the bottom of the ice sheets, contributing to rapid sea level rise. Evidence of stratification has already been observed off the Greenland’s southern coast. According to the study, the changes will lead to a growing temperature differential between northern and equatorial regions, that in turn will cause intense cyclones and storms with gigantic waves.

The findings cited in the study are supported with other research, such as that done by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Some reviewers have been praising the report as a “masterwork of scholarly synthesis”, while others say it is still not certain that it will “match what will happen in the real world.” However, as one of the reviewers, Penn State glaciologist Richard Alley, said, "the paper reminds us that large and rapid changes [of the climate] are possible. We just don’t know how much and how likely."

Climate Change Rate May Be Faster Than Expected

Oh goody, yet another "study" that relies on the profound ignorance of history of the readers and the unwillingness for them to do even the slightest bit of research which would show that the study is full of crap. You want big storms look to the 1800's. The storms we have been having are nothing compared to those monsters.

 

[Old Rocks]

Given that the AGU and GSA both state that you opinion is crap, Mr. Westwall, who do you think most will go with? And where is that cooling that you have been predicting for the last six years? Talk about total predictive failure.

 

[jc456]

Given that the AGU and GSA both state that you opinion is crap, Mr. Westwall, who do you think most will go with? And where is that cooling that you have been predicting for the last six years? Talk about total predictive failure.

you're in it. Just cause someone alters an excel spreadsheet, doesn't take away from the fact that the earth isn't getting warmer. So........

 

[westwall]

Given that the AGU and GSA both state that you opinion is crap, Mr. Westwall, who do you think most will go with? And where is that cooling that you have been predicting for the last six years? Talk about total predictive failure.

Most are already going with my opinion dude. The only people that care about the opinion of those groups are frauds like you. The PEOPLE have overwhelmingly figured out that AGW science is shit. Has been shit, and will always be shit. Face it little one, when a well known charlatan like Sylvia Brown could put together a better predictive rate than your "scientists" you clowns lost.

The only reason why these assholes haven't been indicted for fraud is because the politicians are desperate to profit from the taxes they hope to generate based on the stupidity of people like you.