Chip C. Woltz
Jan 18, 2024

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Nice article Theresa, but I think your first chart is the important one. Scientific consensus is around 99% that global warming is occurring due to human activities, mostly fossil fuel burning and methane releases. There isn't any meaningful disagreement about this. You can argue about when we will hit 1.5 deg C or 2 or 5 deg C. You can also argue about the exact date that this warming will be self sustaining and self accelerating as the albedo changes and the permafrost melts. But believers in Bigfoot and Flat Earthers should not change our sense of urgency to act on this problem globally and immediately. We may still have as chance to save what is remaining of the biosphere and also a smaller human civilization in some form.

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