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Originally Posted by TheEnemy
James, Neil
Just out of curiosity could each of you answer a few questions of mine.
1. How high do you think the CO2 levels will get?
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600-700, if we go beyond 1000, insects will start to suffocate, but I doubt we will get that far
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2. How much hotter will the earth become? Include some details if you can.
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Depends, If I am right and the sun is responsible for the majority of the warming, maybe 1-2C if we haven't already peaked.
If I am wrong and the majority is from CO2 then 3-4C
Either way the vast majority of the measured warming will be at the polar regions with someting like 10C, with the tropical regions seeing very little warming. This is due to the fact that it takes much less energy to warm somthing up that is cold than something that is warm.
With the reduction in the temperature gradient though the winds will change/weaken with who knows what consequences.
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3. How high do you think the oceans will rise?
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approx 5-10 feet If I remember correctly the last warm cycle was approx 8C warmer with ocean levels 20 feet higher than today.
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4. How much more acidic do you think the oceans will become?
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This is the one that no matter the cause of the warming could have the bigest consequences, or none at all, right now the PH is slightly basic but beyond that I don't know enough.
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5. In general how bad do you think it will become on this planet?
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In general, barring a collapse of ocean life due to acidity there will be some bad, some good, and a whole lot of we don't know.
Note: I don't know if you noticed but except for these last two posts I have been just posting information with no opinion attached for the past couple of months.