From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.global-warming,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: NBC News Reports That Unless We Stop Burning Ancient Carbon, We
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:26:22 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-08-20 20:04, AlleyCat wrote:
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> NBC News reports that unless we stop burning ancient carbon, we will face catastrophic global warming within the next ten years.
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> "A federal report today predicted possible catastrophic warming of the Earth by the 1990s with a strong climate change."
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> Wait a second, this was broadcast back in 1983.
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> https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1958266242344607744/vid/avc1/886x644/Y5IpZuvaSy6IVBND.mp4
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> We all died in 1993 and we just don't know it.
>
> Right, Bruce?
Apparently you don't understand the meaning of the word "possible".
Nothing in there reported on what would happen with certainty.
But since 1983, the amount of Arctic sea ice at the yearly minimum has
gone from 7.25 million square kilometres to 4.25 million square
kilometres in the last cycle that has a minimum at the moment (2024).
And 2025 is tracking to be just about as low.
<https://nsidc.org/sea-ice-today/sea-ice-tools/charctic-interactive-sea-ice-graph>
Antarctic sea ice shows the same pattern.
From 1881 to 1983 the global land-ocean temperature index increased by
0.35°C.
From 1983 to 2024, it increased by 0.98°C; nearly three times as much...
...in much less than half the time.
<https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/global-temperature/?intent=121>
'This graph shows the change in global surface temperature compared to
the long-term average from 1951 to 1980. Earthâs average surface
temperature in 2024 was the warmest on record since recordkeeping began
in 1880 (source: NASA/GISS). NASAâs analysis generally matches
independent analyses prepared by theâ National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) and other research groups. Overall, Earth was
about 2.65 degrees Fahrenheit (or about 1.47 degrees Celsius) warmer in
2024 than in the late 19th-century (1850-1900) preindustrial average.
The 10 most recent years are the warmest on record.'