>>857737>be me>MSc. in Environmental Science>Sat on a review panel for the last IPCC reports regarding Oceanography>Background in inorganic and organic carbon cycles>Background in satellite hyperspectral radiometry>Watched Al Gore speak in person- was literally the best comedy I heard in some time>Literally laugh my carbon off when I see these stupid threads in /out/ and /pol/ started by some ignorant, uppity mofo on his soap box>Some of you people cannot grasp (by ignorance or refusal) that irrespective of some minute (serious stress on the word here) anthropogenic forcing, the Earth is still very much coming out of an ice age and will continue to warm>People still don't understand that atmospheric CO2 is not correlated to ocean or land temperature>People still don't understand that atmospheric CO2 is not acidifying the oceans>People still don't understand that the earth is very good at doing what it does, both organic and inorganic and dealing with both positive and negative feedback loopsI digress though, while the Earth will continue to warm for the next several thousand years with no fucks given, the real problem is population densities: land area, along with over production of things like plastics and poly's that take forever and a day to break down.
Pro Tip: Stop focusing on CO2 and start paying attention to Methane. Methane lb for lb will fuck some serious shit up. Stay classy.
