On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, James Annan wrote: > Does this make sense to anyone here? > - > http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1865081,00.html > > "The scientific opinion is that we have a ceiling of 440 parts per > million [ppm] of atmospheric carbon before there is a tipping point, a > step change in the rate of global warming," said Professor Smith. > -
Only in that I heard that he was "some kind of architect" (not sure if its even the same chap) with a somewhat wacky take on things... > RC did a good-humoured take-down of some of the "tipping points" > rhetoric some time ago. But it keeps on coming back like a bad > penny...it really makes me wonder if there is something in the human > psyche that requires the existence of an impending catastrophe. > (Whatever happened to good old bird flu?) > > My prediction, for what it's worth, is that we will be told we have "10 > years to act" indefinitely, certainly well beyond a decade from now, > irrespective of any actions that are taken. But would you bet on it ;-)? -W. William M Connolley | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/met/wmc/ Climate Modeller, British Antarctic Survey | (01223) 221479 If I haven't seen further, it's because giants were standing on my shoulders -- This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only. NERC is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents of this email and any reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless it is exempt from release under the Act. Any material supplied to NERC may be stored in an electronic records management system. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
