Hi, The worst consequence is more intense heat waves with higher summer temperatures that expose all of us to greatly increased risk of dying of heat stroke.
A plot of the temperature rise since the industrial revolution shows a clear exponential curve, that increases by 50% every ten years. The implication is that we will hit 2.7 deg. of warming before 2050, not by the end of the century. According to me we will hit 2.25 deg. in the next ten years. Exponential increases are caused by positive feedback loops. There are several effects that contribute to this, among them are:- 1) Increasing average humidity. (Water vapor is a strong greenhouse gas, and warm air holds more water vapor than cold air.) 2) Decreasing polar albedo. 3) Increasing CO2 & methane releases from Arctic tundra. It is not only trapped gasses that get released, but rising temperatures also increase the activity of bacteria etc. that convert old trapped organic matter into methane &/or CO2. 4) And eventually methane releases from methane clathrates on the sea floor, as warmer ocean currents disrupt them. Each of these increases both itself, and all the others as well, in a huge self accelerating cycle, because warming accelerates each of them. IPCC scientists may not agree with me, regarding the heating rate, but that's because they look at long term averages, rather than acknowledging that long term averages are irrelevant when an exponential increase is in effect. A short term average over just 2-3 years would be much more appropriate IMO. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk Drive your electric car every second day and recharge it from solar panels on your roof on the alternate days. The other days, drive your spouses car, and do the same with it. "Charge when the Sun shines".
