If you're getting new toes, it's not climate change that's caused it.

What if the climate deep down felt cold but was unfortunately born hot? Can it still change? I believe so.

[size=6]Exxon knew of climate change in 1981, email says – but it funded deniers for 27 more years[/size]
Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent
Thursday 9 July 2015 06.41 AEST

A newly unearthed missive from Lenny Bernstein, a climate expert with the oil firm for 30 years, shows concerns over high presence of carbon dioxide in enormous gas field in south-east Asia factored into decision not to tap it

ExxonMobil, the world’s biggest oil company, knew as early as 1981 of climate change – seven years before it became a public issue, according to a newly discovered email from one of the firm’s own scientists. Despite this the firm spent millions over the next 27 years to promote climate denial.

The email from Exxon’s in-house climate expert provides evidence the company was aware of the connection between fossil fuels and climate change, and the potential for carbon-cutting regulations that could hurt its bottom line, over a generation ago – factoring that knowledge into its decision about an enormous gas field in south-east Asia. The field, off the coast of Indonesia, would have been the single largest source of global warming pollution at the time.

Polar bears are unable to adapt their behaviour to cope with the food losses associated with warmer summers in the Arctic.
Scientists had believed that the animals would enter a type of 'walking hibernation' when deprived of prey.
But new research says that that bears simply starve in hotter conditions when food is scarce.
The authors say that the implications for the survival of the species in a warmer world are grim.
Back in 2008 polar bears were listed as a threatened species in the US. At that time, the Secretary of the Interior noted that the dramatic decline in sea ice was the greatest threat the bears faced.

Full article and email in sauce.

Edited by paladisious: 9/7/2015 10:38:00 AM

Global warming: World sweats over July breaking warmest month record, 2015 hottest year so far

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-21/global-warming-july-hottest-month-on-record-2015-hottest-year/6713686

Dunno man, its been pretty cold here in Melbourne

You will find a great number of 'gods chosen' pushing for climate change revolution and benefiting from positions of power and financial gain from it, much like they have done in the past with communism.

I find it interesting that a lot of climate change policy revolves around nations relinquishing their sovereignty, promoting one world governance and improving big fish multinationals stranglehold by destroying smaller business competitors.

You will find a great number of 'gods chosen' pushing for climate change revolution and benefiting from positions of power and financial gain from it, much like they have done in the past with communism.

I find it interesting that a lot of climate change policy revolves around nations relinquishing their sovereignty, promoting one world governance and improving big fish multinationals stranglehold by destroying smaller business competitors.

Weather =/= climate. When are you guys going to accept that?

Its a pity the denier crowd have nothing more in their kit bag.

Well, weather is not climate and siding with 97% of the world's scientists is hardly being alarmist. Its being realistic and dealing with peer reviewed proven scientific facts.

Bill Maher owns republican Rick Santorum on Climate Change
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Boy you would have had fun 30 pages ago :lol:

-PB

Its actually pretty cringe inducing - I had to stop it after a minute with the ignorance of science that he was displaying.

I think Naomi Kleine hit the bullseye on Q&A last night when she said to Tom Switzer that the reason right wingers make up the bulk of climate change denial is because to accept it would shatter their worldview.

Can I interest you in the teachings of Poptech

Global emissions 'far above' levels needed to hold warming below two degrees Celsius

Inadequate national targets for curbing climate-altering greenhouse gases meant emissions would be "far above" the level required to stave off disastrous global warming, analysts warn.

Instead of the UN-targeted ceiling of two degrees Celsius of average warming over pre-Industrial Revolution levels, the world was on track for 2.9-3.1C by 2100, according to the Climate Action Tracker (CAT), a tool developed by a consortium of four research organisations.....

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-02/world-on-track-for-warming-above-targets/6745154

It's worth noting that James Hansen, one of the most prominent climate scientists, has stated that even 2dg will be catastrophic
We're in for some ridiculously accelerated warming this century.

Edited by Murdoch Rags Ltd: 2/9/2015 10:19:53 PM