GEOLOGY WITH JEFF SIMPSON
  • Home
  • GLG101/103
  • GLG110/111
  • GLG280/281
  • GEONEWS
  • JEFF
  • Sustainable Building Project

A New Way of Picturing Rapid, Human-Caused Climate Change

1/13/2021

0 Comments

 
We’ve learned the saw-toothed pattern of carbon dioxide levels over the past 1 million years. It has shot swiftly up during climbs to past warm intervals like the climate of today and ramped slowly down into the long ice ages in between. We can also see the sharp recent increase in carbon dioxide that humans have caused, mainly by burning fossil fuels for energy. The graph used to show this jump is arguably the most iconic figure in climate science.   To me, it’s long been the most powerful illustration of climate change’s danger. At a glance, it shows how huge a departure we’ve made from normal.  - Washington Post 

Picture
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Geo News

    I started a CGCC Facebook page in May of '20 to share geo-environmental news but had qualms about FB's issues with accuracy.  GeoNews is a response and at least a partial solution. sharing a few items from reliable sources each week.  

    Click the
    source link after the included text to read more.

    To respond thoughtfully or ask questions, click "Comments". 

    Contact Prof Jeff to share items.


    Archives

    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020


    Categories

    All
    Air Pollution
    Beaches
    Climate Change
    Earth's Interior
    Economics
    Energy
    EQ
    Erosion
    Fire
    Fossil Fuels
    Geologic History
    Meteorites
    Mining
    Oceans
    Plate Tectonics / EQ / Volc
    Pollution
    Population
    Recycling
    Renewable Energy
    Rivers
    Space Science
    Sustainability
    Volcanoes
    Waste
    Water


    RSS Feed

Site powered by Weebly. Managed by MacHighway
  • Home
  • GLG101/103
  • GLG110/111
  • GLG280/281
  • GEONEWS
  • JEFF
  • Sustainable Building Project