Unexplained Leap In CO2 Levels

Cally writes "The Guardian is reporting that atmospheric CO2 concentrations have leapt by 4.5 ppm in the last two years. This raises the ugly possibility that the capacity of a large carbon sink (possibly the oceans) has been exceeded, and the worst-case scenario is that a tipping point has been reached and a runaway warming scenario is in progress. Quote from Dr. Piers Foster of Reading University: 'If this is a rate change, of course it will be very significant. It will be of enormous concern, because it will imply that all our global warming predictions for the next hundred years or so will have to be redone.'"

Comments

Re:More on sinks

[krunk7]

Nah, because it'd have the same number of delegates, except it'll just be Jeb sitting in a voting booth on a row boat in the middle of the ocean that determines the race.

Slashthink at work

[Illserve]

There's an overwhelming amount of biased moderation going on in thread, more than is usual even for a global warming debate.

Can mods please stop shooting down well written and insightful arguments from the other side? What are you afraid of? being convinced?

A Priori???

[zeitgeist_chaser]

Please do not use terms like "a priori" when you clearly have no idea what they mean. A priori knowledge is gained independently of experience. As you are basing your claims on scientific observations, they are a posteriori. By definition, all scientific knowledge is a posteriori. Here, educate yourself.

I apologize for the offtopic post, but I can't let this sort of mistake slide. Mod me down if you will.