SoulTax
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[video=youtube;dGG7JGT4Fdo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGG7JGT4Fdo[/video]
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Question of the Day: What's the most interesting small town you've visited in South Africa?
Global warming and stuff.
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Indigogirl
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Oh YAY! Rushes off to buy a house at Woodbridge Island or Milnerton Lagoon Mouth...
NOT!
So the naysayers are starting to talk even faster?
NOT!
So the naysayers are starting to talk even faster?
SoulTax
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Um not really. The video is about the latest findings by the international group of scientists assigned to dissect global warming. Up to now there has been a lot of talk about it perhaps not being all us, or whether it is not happening at all.
The findings by this group, now say that it is basically 95 - 100% caused by us. That the levels are far higher than anything we have seen for hundreds of thousands of years.
So basically counter arguing the two groups of naysayers:
1) That global warming is not really happening/that the levels are well within what the world has previously experienced and that it is the natural flux of the planet.
2) That global warming is happening but we are too insignificant a force to be driving it, or that we are not driving it at all.
greg0205
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Caught this from a Digg link this morning:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...he-cities-that-climate-change-will-hit-first/
It discusses "climate departure", which occurs when the projected average temperature of your coolest year from then on are warmer than the average temperature of the hottest year between 1960 and 2005.
As things stand, SA's dates are 2038 for Cape Town and 2043 for Johannesburg. With a little carbon dioxide mitigation we push those dates out to 2060 and 2053 respectively.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...he-cities-that-climate-change-will-hit-first/
It discusses "climate departure", which occurs when the projected average temperature of your coolest year from then on are warmer than the average temperature of the hottest year between 1960 and 2005.
As things stand, SA's dates are 2038 for Cape Town and 2043 for Johannesburg. With a little carbon dioxide mitigation we push those dates out to 2060 and 2053 respectively.
Indigogirl
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Hah hah hah - busy eating a large chunk of humble pie here...
To me it looked and sounded very much as if it was one of the many naysayer (climate denialist) attempts to railroad and ridicule the IPCC's findings - So much so that I didn't watch to the end - have better things to do with my time than give airtime to folks who refuse to at least try to understand global climate change issues...
Just watched it - and see why they are pitching it like this - I think the strikethroughs to the five major take home points was what got me thinking that the naysayers were trying to disprove each of them
Should have gone straight to the YouTube view to see whence it came.
SoulTax
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To me it looked and sounded very much as if it was one of the many naysayer (climate denialist) attempts to railroad and ridicule the IPCC's findings - So much so that I didn't watch to the end - have better things to do with my time than give airtime to folks who refuse to at least try to understand global climate change issues...
Just watched it - and see why they are pitching it like this - I think the strikethroughs to the five major take home points was what got me thinking that the naysayers were trying to disprove each of them
Should have gone straight to the YouTube view to see whence it came.
An honest mistake. Now that I look at the video's static graphic I can see where you are coming from. I just knew that it wouldn't be a denialist video because I follow the channel and they are always very well informed and current. Hardly any opinion pieces and they present data in an easy to chew and digest form.
I highly recommend watching other videos from SCISHOW. Between them and VSAUCE, a good rudimentary understanding of a very wide range of scientific topics is easily attainable.
Indigogirl
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That is an interesting one thanks! Hadn't seen it before.
With the exception of SA, Nigeria and Egypt - most of Africa is not really able to contribute very much in the climate change mitigation (CCM) line, other than sustainable harvesting, reduced deforestation and so on - although agree that every little bit (e.g. reduced emissions) will help. Climate change adaptation (CCA) is what most of Africa is needing to gear towards - and where that can include CCM measures (reduced emissions, renewables, closing nutrient loops, etc.) those options are the most desirable.
Hadn't seen them on YouTube before - am going to subscribe thanks!
Do you know the GRIDA site? It is linked with UNEP and provides fairly accessible info. Loads of interesting reports there - although not presented in the same sort of format.
SoulTax
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This is awesome
Glad you guys like it. In the age of Youtube records being set by guys like PEWDIEPIE and other comedy gamers (Who I do love to watch for the entertainment value and am a guilty subscriber to), It is always good to boost the following of informative channels like these as much as possible.