This is an infrared spectrum from a satellite which has been annotated (by a scientist, not me!) to show the amount of heat absorbed by CO2 in the atmosphere. Basically, the orange line is what it would look like without any greenhouse gases:
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Climate Change
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Oh dear Little Johnny is very angry.
Poor chap lacks the intellectual capacity to understand climate change.
I'd almost forgotten about this other halfwit imbecil...
Where are you looking?
Strange that you seem to think there is no information or comment.
Quote the stand out ones.
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Nice graph of this somewhere, in case it hasn't been posted before..
xkcd.com
Take a moment to understand the axes, if you know you're the type who generally has a difficult time with something that seems like maths class
The graph is so tall because it's trying to lay 22,000 years out in a linear fashion. The vertical middle is 0 degrees. This is not actual 0as in "the temperature of the world is zero" this is 0 as in the change in temperature over time, so where you see the graph line move over the course of eg 5000 years from -4 to -3, that means the Earth got 1 degree warmer on average over those years
Flick scroll your device to see how the line shifts very slowly to the right (warming) until we hit Industrial Revolution, population explosion, massive uptick in energy consumption, more people burning more stuff and see how the angle of the line suddenly veers right
Earth Temperature Timeline
Take a moment to understand the axes, if you know you're the type who generally has a difficult time with something that seems like maths class
The graph is so tall because it's trying to lay 22,000 years out in a linear fashion. The vertical middle is 0 degrees. This is not actual 0as in "the temperature of the world is zero" this is 0 as in the change in temperature over time, so where you see the graph line move over the course of eg 5000 years from -4 to -3, that means the Earth got 1 degree warmer on average over those years
Flick scroll your device to see how the line shifts very slowly to the right (warming) until we hit Industrial Revolution, population explosion, massive uptick in energy consumption, more people burning more stuff and see how the angle of the line suddenly veers right
I like the last bit: Best-case scenario, optimistic scenario, current path aka THE APOCALYPSE!
Scaremongering at its best.
Scaremongering at its best.
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Yes, exactly what the human race needs: people that, when presented with reasonable indications of a problem that should be addressed, fall about laughing and play the "naw, scaremongering" game
If only their mechanic had taken the equivalent route of pointing out their knackered rusted brake lines before they had procreated
If only their mechanic had taken the equivalent route of pointing out their knackered rusted brake lines before they had procreated
Come on, don't tell me you believe that the vertical line can become horizontal overnight!
We've been polluting since the industrial revolution and at best, the earth temperature has risen by a fraction of a degree, although many dispute the way temperatures are taken. (Think about deliberate roadwork to create traffic and place pollution sensors at the same location, same dodgy tactics)
Even the eco terrorist don't preach about that 5 degrees increase in the next 75 years.
That is truly an apocalyptic scaremongering table.
We've been polluting since the industrial revolution and at best, the earth temperature has risen by a fraction of a degree, although many dispute the way temperatures are taken. (Think about deliberate roadwork to create traffic and place pollution sensors at the same location, same dodgy tactics)
Even the eco terrorist don't preach about that 5 degrees increase in the next 75 years.
That is truly an apocalyptic scaremongering table.
Yes, but Sir, there’s lots of wavy lines before the Industrial Revolution which proves that global warming has always been with us, and this is just another blipNice graph of this somewhere, in case it hasn't been posted before..
Earth Temperature Timeline
Take a moment to understand the axes, if you know you're the type who generally has a difficult time with something that seems like maths class
The graph is so tall because it's trying to lay 22,000 years out in a linear fashion. The vertical middle is 0 degrees. This is not actual 0as in "the temperature of the world is zero" this is 0 as in the change in temperature over time, so where you see the graph line move over the course of eg 5000 years from -4 to -3, that means the Earth got 1 degree warmer on average over those years
Flick scroll your device to see how the line shifts very slowly to the right (warming) until we hit Industrial Revolution, population explosion, massive uptick in energy consumption, more people burning more stuff and see how the angle of the line suddenly veers right
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Which then reflects some heat back to the earth, ergo it heats up. It quite simple.
As usual, the illiterate 3 neurons of mr dense can only read 1 line out of a book and hope to understand the whole concept.
I like to discuss this stuff and get other people's views. What is wrong with what denso wrote. It seems to sum up the underlying theory.
This is what I wrote:
Dense was only able to process this:
And he replied with his usual nonsense:
