[geo] runaway climate change

2009-02-02 Thread Andrew Revkin
, because that's what we >>>>> are >>>>> really talking about, but "climate change" is almost interchangeable >>>>> with >>>>> "global warming" these days. >>>>> >>>>>

[geo] Runaway climate change as Good and pop as "Black Hole"

2009-02-02 Thread Albert Kallio
gt; >>>> quote>> >>>> from>> >>>> > http://www.meridian.org.uk/_PDFs/FeedbackDynamics.pdf>> >>>>>> >>>> "The > possibility of a tipping point in the earth system as a whole>> >>>> which>

[geo] runaway climate change

2009-02-01 Thread Andrew Lockley
I'm working on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_climate_change and there are a few crucial questions I could do with help on: 1) Is the term 'Runaway climate change' seen as kosher, or is it purely a pop-science concept? 2) How widespread is support for the idea of an ice-albedo followed by