When present in high levels, e.g. after a strong volcanic eruption such as Mount Pinatubo, sulfur produces a cooling effect, by reflecting sunlight, and by modifying clouds as they fall out of the stratosphere. This cooling
This graph (red line) shows the estimated impact of CO2 + volcanoes on global mean surface temperature.
The linked article says that these collapses happen naturally. However, ice shelves act as buttresses holding back glaciers flowing down to the coast. The collapse will make the area more vulnerable to climate change.
Larsen A and B ice shelves, which were situated further north on the Antarctic Peninsula, collapsed in 1995 and 2002, respectively. This resulted in the dramatic acceleration of glaciers behind them, with larger volumes of ice entering the ocean and contributing to sea-level rise.
Hey! Corporations are people too! Anyway, the Muslim ban is just another of the burdensome regulations that are strangling small businesses. Aren't we supposed to be against regulations?
Hopefully Donald will step in and remove these burdensome regulations that plague Panasonic and other companies. Bribery is a form of free speech and is protected by the constitution.
Lucky for us it's not one or the other that we have to worry about, but both:
"Over the course of 2016, the global security landscape darkened as the international community failed to come effectively to grips with humanity's most pressing existential threats, nuclear weapons and climate change... This already-threatening world situation was the backdrop for a rise in strident nationalism worldwide in 2016, including in a U.S. presidential campaign during which the eventual victor, Donald Trump, made disturbing comments about the use and proliferation of nuclear weapons and expressed disbelief in the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change."
The legislators' push to punish renewable energy use "clearly picks a preferred energy source regardless of cost. This may not only cost ratepayers and consumers in Wyoming, but it could harm our potential to attract new industry," Godby said.
Ok. Their data is largely anecdotal. FBI has national data but has only released up to 2015. Some local municipalities have released current data. Here's one I could find:
“We’ve had an uptick in hate crimes—actually a little bit more than an uptick,” he said. “We’re up 31% from last year. We had at this time last year 250; this year we have 328. Specifically against the Muslim population in New York City, we went up from 12 to 25. And anti-Semitic is up, too, by 9% from 102 to 111.
When confronted with the facts, Obama didn't say, "Hey, you have your facts and we have our own alternative facts." Instead he conceded that Benghazi "wasn't just a mob action."
It's important to acknowledge that there is such a thing as the truth. We all share the same reality.
It has been suggested that Donald Trump is not a liar. "He does not reject the authority of the truth, as the liar does, and oppose himself to it. He pays no attention to it at all."
Doublethink - "the acceptance of or mental capacity to accept contrary opinions or beliefs at the same time, especially as a result of political indoctrination."
The very idea that there could be facts on the one hand, but officially endorsed alternative facts on the other, is an example of doublethink. Chuck Todd was refreshingly frank when presented with the notion: "Four of the five 'facts' he uttered were just not true. Look, alternative facts are not facts. They’re falsehoods."
However the coverage of the "hate crime" was front and center
It's still a problem: "A burst of hate incidents and crimes reported in the days following Donald Trump's election in November has eased, but hate activity remains above pre-election levels", the Southern Poverty Law Center says.Jan 5, 2017
By requiring subordinates to speak untruths, a leader can undercut their independent standing, including their standing with the public, with the media and with other members of the administration. That makes those individuals grow more dependent on the leader and less likely to mount independent rebellions against the structure of command. Promoting such chains of lies is a classic tactic when a leader distrusts his subordinates and expects to continue to distrust them in the future.
Another reason for promoting lying is what economists sometimes call loyalty filters. If you want to ascertain if someone is truly loyal to you, ask them to do something outrageous or stupid. If they balk, then you know right away they aren’t fully with you. That too is a sign of incipient mistrust within the ruling clique, and it is part of the same worldview that leads Trump to rely so heavily on family members.
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Any risk analysis should consider the tails. Don't cower in fear, but certainly take reasonable measures to mitigate the risk.
As far as temperature goes the CMIP5 models used in IPCC AR5 have been bang on: https://andthentheresphysics.f...
If you compare back to the Hanson 1981 model you find that temperature has risen quite a bit faster than projected: https://patricktbrown.files.wo...
Yes. This uncertainty makes the problem much greater because we cannot presume that it will not be much worse than we expect.
Here ya go: https://scratch.mit.edu/projec...
Global sea ice is at a record low right now - and not just by a bit: http://imgur.com/M3SBq4D
Here's how arctic sea ice has fared relative to IPCC projections: http://neven1.typepad.com/.a/6...
When present in high levels, e.g. after a strong volcanic eruption such as Mount Pinatubo, sulfur produces a cooling effect, by reflecting sunlight, and by modifying clouds as they fall out of the stratosphere. This cooling
This graph (red line) shows the estimated impact of CO2 + volcanoes on global mean surface temperature.
The linked article says that these collapses happen naturally. However, ice shelves act as buttresses holding back glaciers flowing down to the coast. The collapse will make the area more vulnerable to climate change.
Larsen A and B ice shelves, which were situated further north on the Antarctic Peninsula, collapsed in 1995 and 2002, respectively. This resulted in the dramatic acceleration of glaciers behind them, with larger volumes of ice entering the ocean and contributing to sea-level rise.
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-01-...
Somthing wild is happening with global sea ice as well. Could be related...: https://sites.google.com/site/...
Calling it a Muslim ban...
Those are Donald's words, not mine:
Ah. A massive conspiracy. I should have guessed. OTOH perhaps travel restrictions != travel ban
Microsoft participated in this lawsuit now, but yet they said or did nothing when DHS put travel restrictions from these very same countries last year
Maybe travel restrictions != travel ban?
Hey! Corporations are people too! Anyway, the Muslim ban is just another of the burdensome regulations that are strangling small businesses. Aren't we supposed to be against regulations?
The best satire today is simply to publish official communications verbatim. Some good examples are:
McSweeneys "My very good black history month tribute to some of the most tremendous black people"
or Tina Fey as Sarah Palin
The politicians are writing the material. The satirists just need to point out how rediculous it is by republishing it.
Hopefully Donald will step in and remove these burdensome regulations that plague Panasonic and other companies. Bribery is a form of free speech and is protected by the constitution.
"Over the course of 2016, the global security landscape darkened as the international community failed to come effectively to grips with humanity's most pressing existential threats, nuclear weapons and climate change ... This already-threatening world situation was the backdrop for a rise in strident nationalism worldwide in 2016, including in a U.S. presidential campaign during which the eventual victor, Donald Trump, made disturbing comments about the use and proliferation of nuclear weapons and expressed disbelief in the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change."
The legislators' push to punish renewable energy use "clearly picks a preferred energy source regardless of cost. This may not only cost ratepayers and consumers in Wyoming, but it could harm our potential to attract new industry," Godby said.
This is not a credible source.
Ok. Their data is largely anecdotal. FBI has national data but has only released up to 2015. Some local municipalities have released current data. Here's one I could find:
“We’ve had an uptick in hate crimes—actually a little bit more than an uptick,” he said. “We’re up 31% from last year. We had at this time last year 250; this year we have 328. Specifically against the Muslim population in New York City, we went up from 12 to 25. And anti-Semitic is up, too, by 9% from 102 to 111.
There's no way to tell if they're fake or not
Maybe just use teh Google like AmiMoJo did? Save your self some embarrassment over having every one of your examples shown to be false?
When confronted with the facts, Obama didn't say, "Hey, you have your facts and we have our own alternative facts." Instead he conceded that Benghazi "wasn't just a mob action."
It's important to acknowledge that there is such a thing as the truth. We all share the same reality.
It has been suggested that Donald Trump is not a liar. "He does not reject the authority of the truth, as the liar does, and oppose himself to it. He pays no attention to it at all."
Captain Picard ain't havin' none of it:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Doublethink - "the acceptance of or mental capacity to accept contrary opinions or beliefs at the same time, especially as a result of political indoctrination." The very idea that there could be facts on the one hand, but officially endorsed alternative facts on the other, is an example of doublethink. Chuck Todd was refreshingly frank when presented with the notion: "Four of the five 'facts' he uttered were just not true. Look, alternative facts are not facts. They’re falsehoods."
However the coverage of the "hate crime" was front and center
It's still a problem: "A burst of hate incidents and crimes reported in the days following Donald Trump's election in November has eased, but hate activity remains above pre-election levels", the Southern Poverty Law Center says.Jan 5, 2017
They may not be able to fire a civil servant, but they have just given themselves the power to cut the salaries of individual civil servants to $1, which may be just as effective.
Why Donald's staff are lying:
By requiring subordinates to speak untruths, a leader can undercut their independent standing, including their standing with the public, with the media and with other members of the administration. That makes those individuals grow more dependent on the leader and less likely to mount independent rebellions against the structure of command. Promoting such chains of lies is a classic tactic when a leader distrusts his subordinates and expects to continue to distrust them in the future.
Another reason for promoting lying is what economists sometimes call loyalty filters. If you want to ascertain if someone is truly loyal to you, ask them to do something outrageous or stupid. If they balk, then you know right away they aren’t fully with you. That too is a sign of incipient mistrust within the ruling clique, and it is part of the same worldview that leads Trump to rely so heavily on family members.