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Environment & Energy

Aussie105

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12. The planet Earth is a dynamic system.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2021, 11:14 PM

Feb 2021

A system made up of many factors.
Currently it is mostly predictable, but it's not stable. We have the 4 seasons because the Sun's energy available at any one spot varies due to the tilt of the Earth's axis.

A new equilibrium is sought if any factors are changed. Most important factor, the energy in the system. Increase that, by trapping more energy from the Sun, and who knows what will happen?

The equilibrium will stabilize into new patterns.
It's just that humans may not like where that seeking of equilibrium takes the habitability of some parts of the planet.

Will the next world war be fought over habitable land?

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A Major Ocean Current May Be Hurtling Towards Collapse [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2021 OP

k&r for visibility. n/t Laelth Feb 2021 #1

This is the kind of stuff that we humans can in no way repair FirstLight Feb 2021 #2

Right.It's called Earth climate dynamics. Can't be slowed or stopped. Earth dynamics are untouchable ancianita Feb 2021 #8

And then there is Senator Snowball...was it Imhofe? thenelm1 Feb 2021 #17

Likely. BUT. Climate don't care about what puny humans do or don't do. We have to get past people ancianita Feb 2021 #20

The coming ice age Fullduplexxx Feb 2021 #3

No, not ice age. Ice UK. Most other places in the world will be burning up. nt SunSeeker Feb 2021 #9

The great burning will cloud the air bringing the ice Fullduplexxx Feb 2021 #21

climate flips happen quick IbogaProject Feb 2021 #4

May already be there zipplewrath Feb 2021 #5

I have been muttering for several years now that what we have to really worry about PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2021 #6

Me too. More than muttering, but that is what it amounts to. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2021 #7

"The Day After"... great movie ... shitty reality NotHardly Feb 2021 #10

I saw that movie and was frustrated at how bad the science was. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2021 #11

Yup. The premise of the movie wnylib Feb 2021 #14

The planet Earth is a dynamic system. Aussie105 Feb 2021 #12

Habitable land and also water supplies. wnylib Feb 2021 #19

...feedbacks or unresolved processes ... taxi Feb 2021 #13

i have been expecting this. pansypoo53219 Feb 2021 #15

F...! JoeOtterbein Feb 2021 #16

The Gulf Stream, which brings warm water northward along the U.S. coast, is a key part of the AMOC. herding cats Feb 2021 #18