Are we already in abrupt climate change?

[Binkie The Clown]

Radio Ecoshock Podcast

Climate change is behind one of the biggest stories of our times, the outpouring of refugees from the Middle East. Let me just read one paragraph from a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences March 2nd, 2015. The title is: "Climate change in the Fertile Crescent and implications of the recent Syrian drought". The lead author was Colin Kelly.

They say:

"There is evidence that the 2007-2010 drought contributed to the conflict in Syria. It was the worst drought in the instrumental record, causing widespread crop failure and a mass migration of farming families to urban centers."

They found a severe 3 year drought was 2 to 3 times more likely due to human-induced climate change, and then write: "We conclude that human influences on the climate system are implicated in the current Syrian conflict."

[kristopher]

1. Just remember...

...that the idiots we need to convince also believe "guns don't kill people, people kill people". If they can't make a direct link like that, how in the world can we ever expect them to see a the climate issue for what it is?

[GliderGuider]

2. And now Murdoch is buying NatGeo...

AFAICT, the goal is to replace peoples' cortical reasoning centers with fossil fueled fallacy engines. I never thought that goal would seem so close.

[arcane1]

4. I had that same feeling when I read that news: more information control.

[alfredo]

8. More T & A

[Nihil]

13. Yes but now from different countries!

[alfredo]

14. He will have to compete with online porn.

[Not Sure]

10. I hadn't heard that. Looks like I'll be canceling that subscription. nt

[daleanime]

3. kick, kick, kick....

[Binkie The Clown]

5. We need to get more people to pay attention.

There is some very scary stuff in this 1 hour podcast. The entire Pacific ocean is far above normal surface temperature right now.

[daleanime]

6. They don't want to know....

that way they don't have to change anything.

[pscot]

7. It feels that way.

[Hydra]

9. We're already 5+ years into the "abrupt" part of it

And probably at least 3 years past tipping point unless we try something stupid, like shrouding the world in sulfuric acid clouds.

http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/511016/a-cheap-and-easy-plan-to-stop-global-warming/

[WillyT]

11. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[AtheistCrusader]

12. You know what kills me about this the most?

The Pentagon was studying for future military needs over a decade ago, predicated on upheavals and unrest caused by water access and climate conditions. Widely known.

And the republicans and their useful idiots just yammer on about how 'ridiculous' a link between the two is.

Let me see if I can find an archive of the news reports. It wasn't classified or anything, just general knowledge.

Edit: 2003
http://nebraskansforpeace.org/pentagon_on_climate_change