RE: Studies prove link between human activity and extreme weather events
John, #40
I don't think you really understand the magnitude of the changes we will see from global warming and ocean acidification with BAU. We're taking the planet to a climate regime that has never existed since the genus homo evolved, to a place that many species in existence today are not adapted for. There will be mass extinctions (it's already starting) and who knows where that all shakes out in the end. The wild weather that's been occurring around the world this past year+ is an expected result of the increase in energy and water vapor in the atmosphere from global warming.
So, what do you think will be the benefits of global warming? Some areas may improve by some peoples judgment but it's going to be terribly disruptive of many of the systems our civilization has built up over the years.
As far as SLR, 3 feet is considered the low end of current predictions with BAU. The IPCC/AR4 had a considerably lower number but also said theirs was a conservative estimate that didn't take into account potential dynamic processes that were poorly understood. Not too long after the AR4 report came out new research was published that pushed expected 2100 SLR to be in the 1-2 meter range with BAU. This is the generally accepted value now.
