Climate change to go on for at least “1,000 years”
“Rising carbon dioxide levels in the Earth’s atmosphere will cause unstoppable changes to the climate for at least the next 1,000 years, a new study suggests…” (read more).
A very interesting study which asks the question, “What if we ceased putting any more carbon dioxide from fossil fuels into the atmosphere, what would be the consequences a millenium into the future?” This is the sort of thing that one can do with models, explore areas of parameter space that we are unlikely to experience, or to sample in any reasonable timeframe. The results of this particular exercise are not encouraging. There is some recovery from the effects of warming in the Northern Hemisphere, but general catastrophe in the Southern Hemisphere as the Antarctic ice sheet collapses. Definitely not encouraging, since the scenario is run under unrealistically optimistic conditions.
Excellent article. All of your points are comprehensive and easy to understand.
Comment by renewable sources — June 3, 2011 @ 1:09 am
Global warming is clearly on its fastest pace. This is very allarming! We should be ready to do some acts before it’s too late. I am a certified greenie. For me doing a little something for the planet counts a lot. If we really care for the plaet we should act now before it’s too late.
Comment by source heat pumps — July 10, 2011 @ 5:18 am