Earth may remain – but our so-called civilization may not. We have passed the 400 ppm level for CO2, and it did not decline this summer as it normally does. That suggests that the oceans have maxed out their ability to absorb excess CO2.I realize this cartoon is about to be barraged by people rejecting this major scientific finding and its implications for human-caused global warming with some variant of “uh-UH!”, so I’m not speaking to them. They’re not listening anyway.I’m speaking to those of good will and respect for facts and science: we’re in trouble. And we are still the ONLY industrialized nation with a major party denying the reality of Anthropogenic Global Warming.Granted, given Trump’s greatest gift is his ability to deny reality generally, I shouldn’t be surprised, but nearly the whole party has rejected fact-based reasoning as well, even before the so-called “leaders” of the GOP started caving to supporting Trump when they knew better.http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/here-s-the-carbon-dioxide-spiral/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/28/the-world-passes-400ppm-carbon-dioxide-threshold-permanently
Earth may remain – but our so-called civilization may not. We have passed the 400 ppm level for CO2, and it did not decline this summer as it normally does. That suggests that the oceans have maxed out their ability to absorb excess CO2.I realize this cartoon is about to be barraged by people rejecting this major scientific finding and its implications for human-caused global warming with some variant of “uh-UH!”, so I’m not speaking to them. They’re not listening anyway.I’m speaking to those of good will and respect for facts and science: we’re in trouble. And we are still the ONLY industrialized nation with a major party denying the reality of Anthropogenic Global Warming.Granted, given Trump’s greatest gift is his ability to deny reality generally, I shouldn’t be surprised, but nearly the whole party has rejected fact-based reasoning as well, even before the so-called “leaders” of the GOP started caving to supporting Trump when they knew better.http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/here-s-the-carbon-dioxide-spiral/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/28/the-world-passes-400ppm-carbon-dioxide-threshold-permanently