NotesOur results show that the average temperature of the earthâs land has risen by two and a half degrees Fahrenheit over the past 250 years, including an increase of one and a half degrees over the most recent 50 years. Moreover, it appears likely that essentially all of this increase results from the human emission of greenhouse gases.Unfurl
NotesâThere are a couple of things that you canât really dispute,â Nye explained to CNNâs Carol Costello. âSixteen of the last 17 years have been the hottest years on record. Thatâs just how it is.â
âI appreciate that we want to show two sides of the stories â thereâs a tradition in journalism that goes back quite a ways, I guess â but the two sides arenât equal here. You have tens of thousands of scientists who are very concerned and you have a few people who are in business of equating or drawing attention to the idea that uncertainty is the same as doubt. When you have a plus or minus percentage, thatâs not the same thing as not believing the whole thing at all.âUnfurl
Notes Mother Nature might be on the side of Giuliano and his cohorts. At the exact moment that rare beans are becoming all the rage, all beans are becoming rarer. The price of a cup of coffeeâwhether it be a $6 pour-over, a $2.50 dark roast at Starbucks, or a $1.50 mug of diner swillâis being driven up by a complex combination of weather events, pest and fungus outbreaks, speculation on commodities exchanges, an unstable labor market in the developing world, and an unprecedented thirst for good coffee among a growing global middle class. The problem, in simple economic terms, is that supply has gone down and demand has gone up.Unfurl
Notes In other words, we've got five years to make a dramatic shift in the sorts of power plants we're building, or there's no way we're going to limit climate change to stated goals. It's also worth noting that the IEA ran a "New Policies" scenario that takes into account all current pledges by national governments. It resulted in much higher emissions and a likely temperature rise of 3.5°C. Still, if the New Policies targets aren't implemented, then the IEA estimates that we would be on track for a rise of 6°C. Unfurl
NotesA while back, a memo surfaced that reportedly came from a Fox News executive, in which he directed his staff to always present opposing views on something we can essentially regard as a fact: our planet has been getting warmer. There has been plenty of anecdotal indications that this strategy has been carried out, including a truly bizarre incident in which Bill Nye, on the channel in order to discuss volcanic activity on the Moon, was asked if these volcanoes raised doubts about climate change.Unfurl
Notes"There is continuing debate in the scientific community over the likely rate of future change: not "whether" but "how much" and "how soon.""Unfurl
Notes"I'd hate to think that Gore, who has better contacts and knows more about the science and the politics of climate change than I do, is as pessimistic as I am."Unfurl
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