wake up, freak out – then get a grip

Submitted by turbosprout on Tue, 2009-03-17 10:15

An longish animation (12 min) that is well worth checking out if you need a climate change tipping point refresher - wake up, freak out

"It’s much, much later than you think: tipping point ahead.

This really isn’t about polar bears any more. At this very moment, the fate of civilization itself hangs in the balance.

It turns out that the way we have been calculating the future impacts of climate change up to now has been missing a really important piece of the picture. It seems we are now dangerously close to the tipping point in the world's climate system; this is the point of no return, after which truly catastrophic changes become inevitable.

Making big changes to way we each live our own lives is not going to be enough, we are also going to have to actively confront powerful vested interests who will stop at nothing to prevent the changes we need from taking place."

[via four elements house]

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I enjoyed the animation and

Submitted by Jessie (not verified) on Wed, 2009-03-18 14:41.

I enjoyed the animation and I think that the message has to be put out there in as many forms as possible. We all (humanity) have to admitt that we have to make, possibly uncomfortable, changes soon, very soon!

Global Heating Hoax

Submitted by Lex (not verified) on Sat, 2009-06-13 14:37.

This is absolute rubbish. A new study using Europe's Space Agency's ERS-2 satellite has determined that over the last 10 years, sea level in the Arctic Ocean has been FALLING at an average rate of about 2mm per year. (Source www.news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5076322.stm) Satellite images are showing that the cold spell is helping the sea ice expand in coverage by about 2 million square kilometers, compared to the average winter coverage in the previous three years (source : epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=5ceaedb7-802a-23ad-4bfe-9e32747616f9).. Global warming is over.