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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]NoOneMan
(4,795 posts)9. ca·tas·tro·phe - definition:
Historical Warnings of Future Food Insecurity with Unprecedented Seasonal Heat (based on 23 models from the IPCC 2007 report)
Summary Article:
And here is a nice supplementary summary of a plethora of peer-reviewed research on this topic, which was published in the Environment, Development and Sustainability journal in 2010: http://www.jayhanson.us/_Systems/PopulationCrash_ProspectsForFamineInTheTwenty-FirstCentury.pdf
My opinion is that your attempt to undermine "extremists" is a red-herring. Whether mainstream projections continue to get worse or not has no bearing on a reasonably alarmed position that is grounded in established science.
Summary Article:
Half the world's population faces major food crisis by 2100, Science study finds
Rapidly warming climate is likely to seriously alter crop yields in the tropics and subtropics by the end of this century and, without adaptation, leave half of the worlds population facing serious food shortages, according to a study, "Historical Warnings of Future Food Insecurity with Unprecedented Seasonal Heat", published in the Jan. 9 edition of the journal Science.
To compound matters, the population of this equatorial beltfrom about 35 degrees north latitude to 35 degrees south latitudeis among the poorest on Earth and is growing faster than anywhere else, according to the study.
And here is a nice supplementary summary of a plethora of peer-reviewed research on this topic, which was published in the Environment, Development and Sustainability journal in 2010: http://www.jayhanson.us/_Systems/PopulationCrash_ProspectsForFamineInTheTwenty-FirstCentury.pdf
My opinion is that your attempt to undermine "extremists" is a red-herring. Whether mainstream projections continue to get worse or not has no bearing on a reasonably alarmed position that is grounded in established science.
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And there's no sign that we are deviating from the highest-carbon scenarios.
GliderGuider
Dec 2012
#11
They don't even assess drought. Hopefully that's changed before AR5 is finished.
joshcryer
Dec 2012
#15
Which is how I'm beginning to think the IPCC should conduct it's business as well.
AverageJoe90
Dec 2012
#63
Nope, sorry - and the Chicken Little cartoon was the last straw - hot-button for me
hatrack
Dec 2012
#90
Isn't it perhaps possible that methane may not have as much of a impact.....
AverageJoe90
Dec 2012
#61
You aren't allowed to allude to that "possibility" without a leaked IPCC AR5 snippet to back you up
NoOneMan
Dec 2012
#64
He is not qualified according to the criteria Rajendra Pachauri claimed was used
Nederland
Dec 2012
#84