It's Too Late to Save Over 400 U.S. Cities from Rising Seas, Scientists Say
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On the other hand, satellite data shows no meaningful warming for almost twenty years, and some scientists think that climate sensitivity to CO2 is substantially lower than the IPCC has been claiming. Perhaps we have a lot more time after all...
I would like to point out that last year was a global temperature record and this year will probably be a record too.
In any case, temperature (and especially surface one) can be deceiving. Ocean heat content (which is in a more direct relation to sea level rise) actually increases quite unabated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_heat_content
As for the sunshades, well, good luck with that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_sunshade
It's simply a lot cheaper to not burn any more coal or oil.
Not according to the satellite data, which is far less manipulated and inherently more accurate than the NOAA surface record.
"In any case, temperature (and especially surface one) can be deceiving. Ocean heat content (which is in a more direct relation to sea level rise) actually increases quite unabated"
The claim made in the linked graph equates to an average temperature change of .004 deg C for all ocean water since 1978. The Do you really think we know this? What are the error bars? The graph is made even less credible by the near-instantaneous 5e22 spike around 2013 in the three month average...
"As for the sunshades, well, good luck with that"
What choice will we have if the alarmists are correct? The claim was that anything over 350 PPM would be catastrophic. We're now at 400 and climbing, with no end in sight.
"It's simply a lot cheaper to not burn any more coal or oil."
That's not going to happen for a long time.
China's emissions will increase until 2030, and it's already the major contributor. India is also on a path to burn a lot of coal. There's almost zero chance of CO2 concentrations not hitting 500 PPM, and they will likely hit 600 PPM easily.
The win/win scenario involves vastly expanded next-gem nuclear electric generation, but there seems little likelihood of that happening.
Sunshades is a good idea. Another one is to actively reduce CO2 content in air - of course, after reducing emissions in the first place.