#climatologists — Public Fediverse posts

Because this keeps coming up, and it's good to have a reference: there was never, ever a time when #climatologists were predicting #globalcooling on a human scale.

There was a brief time in the '70s when it looked like we might be headed into another #glacial period of the current ice age (yes) a little faster than expected, which got a lot of media attention. If this had actually happened, it would have been over centuries rather than the usual millennia, but of course that wasn't sensationalist enough, so there was considerable hype.

Meanwhile, researchers in the then-young science of #climatology accurately predicted continued #warming and the accompanying #climatechange: https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/89/9/2008bams2370_1.xml

"Scientists used to warn us about global cooling, now they say it's #globalwarming! Make up your minds, stupid scientists!"

Of course, even if there had been legitimate fears about global cooling fifty years ago, that wouldn't invalidate modern concerns about warming. One of the most fundamental principles of science is updating your knowledge base when new information comes along.

As it happens, this isn't even an example of that. Just another lie from the anti-#science loons. You won't convince them with the above link, but the lurkers might take note.

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#historians #climatologists #anthropologists #agronomists

am looking for reco's on feudalism's environmental impact.

what am wondering: the "Fall of Rome" basically unleashes a period or re/colonization in Europe with massive amounts of migration, de/re/urbanization across the land that is being consolidated under fiefdoms & kingdoms.

this must have had a major climate & health impact like the 1315 Great Famine & the plague

videos & text preferred: documentaries, books etc

Major paper released on sidelines of the COP27 #climate summit in Egypt has started a countdown. At current rate of #globalemissions #ParisAgreement goal of limiting global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels will likely be permanently out of reach in 9 years, study found. The paper, published on Nov 11 and written by dozens of leading #climatologists assesses what scientists call #carbonbudget https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/4811/2022/