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Climate Wars « Uv2go's Blog — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:22:00 +0000

[...] Jump to Comments I’ve just finished reading Gwynne Dyer’s “Climate Wars”, a chilling – if you’ll pardon the pun- sequel to his earlier novel [...]

By: The boatman’s call â€” Hot Topic

The boatman’s call â€” Hot Topic — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:24:19 +0000

[...] on the scale Lovelock envisages would be like — certainly far beyond Gwynn Dyer’s worst nightmares, but if even a fraction of his analysis correct, the world is going to change beyond all [...]

By: Gareth

Gareth — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:32:02 +0000

Meanwhile, the Australian Defence Force is adding to the analysis that suggests climate change will create conflict. The Sydney Morning Herald says:

Rising sea levels could lead to failed states across the Pacific and require extra naval deployments to deal with increases in illegal migration and fishing, a Defence Force analysis says.

By: Gareth

Gareth — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:24:26 +0000

RNZ National's Sunday Morning with Chris Laidlaw programme repeated an interview with Gwynne Dyer about Climate Wars this morning: podcast here, or stream. Worth a listen, even if you've read the book (I'm nearing the end).

By: Gareth

Gareth — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:30:54 +0000

A few recent papers add to the discussion: Eli looks at a Science article by Peter Cox and Chris Jones, which seems to minimise the impact of land use changes on recent climate, while these two presentations at the Fall AGU provide support. Ruddiman's argument is persuasive, but not yet accepted in its entirety. Note for sceptics: this is what actually happens when new ideas are being thrashed out.

By: Doug Clover

Doug Clover — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:31:26 +0000

Bill Ruddiman did a guest post at Realclimate back in 2005. The post, links, and discussion may be of interest.

http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2005/12/early-anthropocene-hyppothesis/

By: Bryan Walker

Bryan Walker — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:02:12 +0000

Erich, I have just finished reading Ruddiman’s book as it happens and expect to post a review of it in a few days.

By: erich

erich — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:35:39 +0000

“Is global warming preventing an Ice Age?”
This head line, at first glance, may feed the global warming denier’s rationals, but in fact this work confirms man’s lucky, unintentional consequence of putting the earth to the plow and producing a warm, stable climate for his civilization to prosper.
The carbon transfered from biosphere to atmosphere, now needing to be reversed, could find no better sanctuary than the earth from which most of it came.
Why I love Biochar.

“The conÂtroÂverÂsial ideaâ€”first proÂposed by UniÂverÂsÂity of VirÂginÂia cliÂmaÂtoloÂgÂist WilÂliam F. RudÂdiÂmanâ€”is based on the conÂtenÂtiÂon that huÂman-induced globÂal warmÂing started long beÂfore it’s genÂerÂally acÂceptÂed to have beÂgun.

The comÂmon wisÂdom is that the adÂvent of the steam enÂgine and the coal-fueled inÂdusÂtÂriÂal age two cenÂturies ago marked the beÂginÂning of huÂman inÂfluÂence on globÂal cliÂmate. But KutzÂbach and likeÂminded sciÂenÂtists conÂtend it really started thouÂsands of years ago with large-scale agÂriÂculÂture in Asia and exÂtenÂsive deÂforÂestaÂtion in EuÂrope.’

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/081217_warming.htm