Some of you claim no one can predict what is going to happen in the future. To which the scientists and engineers call "BS". We can't tell you whether or not it is going to rain next Tuesday, so how can we make claims 50, or 100 years out. What appears below are 27 facts, most of which are predictions, others just facts of what we have seen so far from "global warming". In my opinion it gives a very fair / realistic / no crying wolf picture of what lies a head. The predictions are based on the temperature rise (1.0 degrees C) to date and the assumption that we add another 0.5 degree C over the rest of the century. This assumes man does take action to mitigate the CO2 production rate compared to today. We don't increase CO2 at as quick a pace as we have in the last quarter of the 20th century. Assumes average volcanic activity, assumes the Sun doesn't swing much one way or the other, every other external influence is what it has been in the past. Largely the situation is in mans hands, not mother nature's, not the gods'. If man does take action and increasingly tries to limit CO2 production over the next century, but doesn't completely halt production.
The picture is as follows. This picture is of locking in the so called 1.5 degree scenario, as it looks like we will not be able to avoid this.
If man does not take action, does not place a priority on addressing the problem, the future effects will be more serious than these. If man takes more serious action with much higher priority the future effects will be lessened -- but that is looking increasingly unlikely. This will require an effort beyond our wildest dreams to date. Make no mistake, man is in control of this situation, not mother nature and not the gods. THE BIGGEST UNCERTANTIY IN THESE PREDICTIONS IS OUR BEHAVIOR, our action or inaction! Mankind is less predictable than mother nature, or any god.
