We Just Breached the 410 PPM Threshold for CO2

Re:We Just Breached the 410 PPM Threshold for CO2 by shouldbworking on Saturday April 22, 2017 @04:30PM (#14174576)

One thing I thought about a while back related to this. Predictions show that increased energy in the atmosphere results in stronger storms. Storms are not preserved in the historical record, so how bad will they be? The relationships between temperature and energy tend to be supralinear...

Has anyone looked at common species from warm earth periods to predict storm severity? I remember reading that palm-like trees used to be the dominant type. These trees still are in island areas mostly because they are extremely resistant to storms. They have few leaves and thick trunks.

Are we setting ourselves up for a future where average wind speeds are 5x higher and hurricane-like storms devastate the landscape every year or so?

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Re:We Just Breached the 410 PPM Threshold for CO2 by DiThi on Saturday April 22, 2017 @11:35PM (#14176336)

Possibly. The problem is, we don't really know and it's a very dangerous experiment to figure out (by doing nothing and waiting). We at least know that if the ice keeps melting, the pace will only accelerate because it releases trapped CO2 and the change will be much faster.

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