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Recently, the U.K. Met Office announced a revision to the Hadley Center historical analysis of sea surface temperatures (SST), suggesting that the oceans have warmed about 0.1 degree Celsius more than previously thought. The need for revision arises from the long-recognized problem that in the past sea surface temperatures were measured using a variety of error-prone methods such as using open buckets, lamb's wool–wrapped thermometers, and canvas bags. It was not until the 1990s that oceanographers developed a network of consistent and reliable measurement buoys.
[...] But that's where the good news ends. Because the oceans cover three fifths of the globe, this correction implies that previous estimates of overall global warming have been too low. Moreover it was reported recently that in the one place where it was carefully measured, the underwater melting that is driving disintegration of ice sheets and glaciers is occurring far faster than predicted by theory—as much as two orders of magnitude faster—throwing current model projections of sea level rise further in doubt.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by maxwell demon on Wednesday August 21 2019, @10:40AM (6 children)
According to my observation, those who try to make their states more totalitarian are mostly climate change deniers. They do use terrorism and identity politics (and fear of refugees) for their purpose, though.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 21 2019, @11:41AM
It is called the Welfare-Warfare state for a reason. Good god, what is so difficult to understand about this?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday August 21 2019, @01:24PM
I guess you need to look a little harder. Note that the fixes for climate change all require changing developed world peoples' behavior. None of the people most concerned about climate change consider adaptation (except to discount it by claiming it's ridiculously expensive) even though it's much less impact on people and their freedom. Nor do they consider a similar forcing of peoples' behavior in the developing world, like China, even thought that would in theory have more impact since there's both more people and more growth in greenhouse gases emissions.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday August 21 2019, @03:05PM (3 children)
Outlawing automobiles, air conditioners, beef, plastic straws, plastic bags, taxing sugared drinks, limiting the size of drink you can buy, promised gun confiscations, none of those things are a sign of totalitarianism, are they? These are the things O'crazio and her Squat club promise us.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 21 2019, @03:24PM (1 child)
Damn you're like an infinite font of stupid.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday August 21 2019, @03:34PM
If so, I rely on your aquifer of stupid to feed me. WTF do you think "totalitarianism" means, anyway?
(Score: 2) by digitalaudiorock on Thursday August 22 2019, @12:01AM
...and possibly even the confiscation of straw men.