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Re:14,000 scientists warn of “untold suffering” if we fail t... by stevenalowe on Thursday July 29, 2021 @01:45AM (#27993211)
Curious if anyone has made (or can make) a specific prediction (based on their climate models and assumptions) that can be verified in a timely manner and/or demonstrated in a repeatable experiment?

Same question for any proposed "solution".

Scientists make verifiable predictions and repeatable experiments based on causal hypotheses that are falsifiable. Politicians sell fear.

Re:14,000 scientists warn of “untold suffering” if we fail t... by Marcus9 on Thursday July 29, 2021 @12:01PM (#27998016)
Yes, literally thousands of times on a wide range of issues.

* Predictions that increased carbon in atmosphere would lead to higher average temperatures -> has happened. * Predictions that extreme weather events like "once in a hundred years" floods would become more common -> has happened. * Predictions that wildfire season would start earlier in the spring and end later in the fall -> has happened. * Predictions that we'd see reductions in glaciers and arctic ice -> has happened. * Predictions that we'd see a collapse in biodiversity and mass extinctions -> has happened.

Scientists can't tell you exactly where an electron is and how fast it's moving, but they can still predict how it interacts with things around it.

Re:14,000 scientists warn of “untold suffering” if we fail t... by stevenalowe on Friday July 30, 2021 @01:28PM (#28010265)
Thank you. Really hard time finding specifics. :/ lots of references to predictions in articles but original sources elusive. Got links?
Re:14,000 scientists warn of “untold suffering” if we fail t... by lm28469 on Thursday July 29, 2021 @06:51AM (#27994979)
Way too many variables, we barely understand most of the mechanisms and how they're inter connected.

All we know is that we had a kind of stable ecosystem that's being disrupted by massive amount of CO2 and other gases being introduced in the system in a relatively short amount of time.

It's a slowish process but whatever the outcome is it doesn't look like we'll be able to reverse it