General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: IT'S. THE. GUNS. [View all]nolabels
(13,133 posts)Scientists don't quite know yet, but there turns to be point in our actual fragile ecosystem that carbon released by us will reach a tipping point in the near future. When that point is reached and the globe unable to keep that comfortable equilibrium that much of life on earth is accustomed to, then most of it will die
With that in hand we can become the real assholes we only thought we could be, overachieving underachievers
Tipping Points - the Facts
When the temperature gets high enough to cause forests to give up their CO2 rather than sequest it, then every tonne of gas given up to the air increases the temperature and causes even more gas to be given up. This is a tipping point - an irreversible moment when the dreaded feedback loop begins.
This is now the central issue for the scientific community: have humans already have gone too far, and may we now be helpless to stop abrupt and runaway global warming.
http://www.planetextinction.com/index.html