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Artificial clouds like control burns. Before we turn into Venus and all that’s left of us is some phosphine farts.
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Funny how we’re inching closer to simply rolling the dice on the natural stability band of earth. I don’t think we’ll end up in runaway global warming a la Venus, but I suspect it will only take a far smaller thermal hiccup to wipe most life out.
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Planetary homeostasis might well self-correct to lovely weather somehow in a couple of centuries, but that doesn’t mean most life can endure the transient spike.
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Somewhat embarrassed to admit only climate book I've read was by Nigel Calder (famous for writing books on boat engine maintenance), written in the 1970s. My takeaway was that warming leads to change in ocean currents which unexpectedly leads to massive cooling at the poles. 1/2
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That's one more than I have. I think it's a good thing. Climate stuff moves too fast and is too complex to rely on books. I think it's actually better to rely on a varied mix of articles and papers because book writers have a tendency to go hedgehog like they have The Answer.
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Not sure where theory stands today. Was a popular science (Discovery channel?) show that also illustrated this theory bout 15ya? Don't remember name. Main idea is melting (freshwater) ice disrupts normalizing ocean currents, equator becomes hotter, everywhere else colder. 2/2
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Also, something I haven't really seen brought up: massive scale of underwater nuclear testing, how it may have impacted rising ocean temps, contribute to rise in CO2 in atmos b/c absorption ability decreases. Read French alone did 1000 nuclear tests in atolls, no idea other nos.