t may seem unlikely that the tropics could resemble Antarctica. They have. If we continue to suffer a failure to imagine the realistic consequences of our actions (even when these may seem unrealistic) we simply draw the possibility of a dustbowl planet followed by a slush bowl closer to us.
Each living creature is part of that process, and there are enough human beings now to play a pivotal role in tipping us one way or another. It is time that we wake up collectively to our connection to our Earth, and begin to modulate our collective behaviour with a sense of conscience and intelligence.
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Each living creature is part of that process, and there are enough human beings now to play a pivotal role in tipping us one way or another. It is time that we wake up collectively to our connection to our Earth, and begin to modulate our collective behaviour with a sense of conscience and intelligence.
Click on the link below for the full article.
 clipped from english.ohmynews.comWhen the atmospheric cushion surrounding the Earth becomes thick enough, it will cause the Earth to warm enough to melt perhaps all terrestrial and non-terrestrial ice. Imagine that. It would be a hot world with advancing deserts and ferocious storms. Forests would struggle to survive, leading to increased warming and even greater CO2 releases. This feedback mechanism would lead to runaway fires and overall to a more soupy atmosphere, so thick in fact that it would in itself become a barrier to sunlight. As such sunlight would eventually be reflecting at an atmospheric (cloud/smoke) level. This would gradually feed through as less and less solar energy penetrating the cloud level, which would lower the absolute temperature of the Earth. The strain on life, from a situation of no ice to a world covered in ice once again would obviously preclude the existence of most, virtually all species. How Can Global Warming Lead to a Snowball?
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