Re:Temperature chart for the last 11,000 years
by Dylan16807 on Sunday September 22, 2013 @02:23AM
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An atmosphere filled with clouds would cause more greenhouse than the amount of sun it reflects away? Do you have a source on that?
The problem is there are certain thresholds that cause new greenhouse effects to kick in and push temperatures even higher. For example, if temperatures rise enough to melt the Methane frost layers, they'll melt and probably kick global temperatures up another 5 or 6 degrees all by themselves. If we trigger enough of these knock on effects in a chain, well end up with an unlivable atmosphere. That's the extreme scenario, but it is not impossible.