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Many of the Climate Impacts Predicted in the Last National Climate Assessment, in 2014, Are No Longer Theoretical (nytimes.com)
This year's report contains many of the same findings cited in the previous National Climate Assessment, published in 2014. From a report: More and more of the predicted impacts of global warming are now becoming a reality. For instance, the 2014 assessment forecast that coastal cities would see more flooding in the coming years as sea levels rose. That's no longer theoretical: Scientists have now documented a record number of "nuisance flooding" events during high tides in cities like Miami and Charleston, S.C.
"High tide flooding is now posing daily risks to businesses, neighborhoods, infrastructure, transportation, and ecosystems in the Southeast," the report says. As the oceans have warmed, disruptions in United States fisheries, long predicted, are now underway. In 2012, record ocean temperatures caused lobster catches in Maine to peak a month earlier than usual, and the distribution chain was unprepared.
"High tide flooding is now posing daily risks to businesses, neighborhoods, infrastructure, transportation, and ecosystems in the Southeast," the report says. As the oceans have warmed, disruptions in United States fisheries, long predicted, are now underway. In 2012, record ocean temperatures caused lobster catches in Maine to peak a month earlier than usual, and the distribution chain was unprepared.
I keep seeing articles that say these things are recorded... so... are we going to get a pointer to those records or what? Or are we "allowed" to see this data of "flooded cities" and "environmental impacts" or is Slashdot the mouth piece of the New Catholic Church where all the relevant data is locked up behind the doors where only the clergy may access?
The "Report" being linked in the "Article" that Slashdot "Links to" has no relevant data to look at, no historical comparative analysis, no names of places being "disastered". It only mentions past events like Hurricanes, the ever favorite go-to the global warming apocalypse is upon as though hurricanes of great devastation never happened before.
Science has become an Institutionalized Church just like what has happened to the religions. Any facts or data that calls a certain agenda into question becomes marginalized.
The source of Tyranny is always from the people, places, or ideas you are NOT allowed to criticize or question and no matter how many facts are involved.
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According to this journal only 52% of Climate Scientists, Meteorologists and Atmospheric Scientists believe that GW is mostly human. 10% believe it is a combination of humans and natural, 5% natural 20% believe data is insufficient to make the call, 1% don't know the cause, 7% do not sure if GW is happening, & 4% believe that GW is not happening at all.
This results in 2/3rds of Scientists believing that GW is at least happening with only a little over 1/2 of them being sure it is caused by Human efforts with just under 1/2 of those that believe GW is happening as being either a mix of human and natural or just natural.
And judging by Sciences past, I am going to stay suspicious. I don't "disbelieve" that GW is happening that seems fairly clear, but I definitely "disbelieve" these projections as I have yet to see a single one come true and just like in this article there is "conveniently" no data attached. I want a smoking gun folks, not more bluster, fear mongering, or chatter that does not have links to data.