cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/23918980
In the mid-2000s, the energy imbalance was about 0.6 watts per square metre (W/m2) on average. In recent years, the average was about 1.3 W/m2. **This means the rate at which energy is accumulating near the planet’s surface has doubled. **
FAaFO , we’re in the find out phase.
nope nope nope nope
Exactly. No one wants to read that. It’s counter-intuitive, and it goes against the prevailing narrative. But the narrative that the media repeats is based on GWP100 accounting, even though we don’t have 100 years to address climate change. As Hansen and colleagues pointed out, people are not well-informed, and that’s true of the people deciding climate policy as well. Ignorance and denial of the facts will continue to make the situation ever more dire.