{"id":12022,"date":"2015-09-09T07:14:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T12:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12022"},"modified":"2015-09-09T07:14:40","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T12:14:40","slug":"anthropocene-climate-the-new-deadly-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12022","title":{"rendered":"Anthropocene climate: The new (deadly) normal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/climateandcapitalism.com\/2015\/09\/07\/anthropocene-climate-the-new-deadly-normal-2\/\">Anthropocene climate: The new (deadly) normal<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"pf-content\">\n<div class=\"printfriendly pf-alignright\"><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-22026\" src=\"http:\/\/climateandcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/One-Degree-globe.jpg\" alt=\"One Degree globe\" width=\"200\" height=\"254\" \/>A\u00a0temperature increase of less than one\u00a0degree has already disrupted the global climate system, and this is only the beginning.\u00a0Will the Anthropocene bring a totally new climate regime?<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Part One:<strong><br \/>\nHOW BAD CAN ONE DEGREE BE?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Climate negotiators have adopted 2\u00b0C as the maximum increase in the global average temperature. that can be permitted if dangerous consequences are to be avoided. Many scientists, and the governments of many small countries, argue that 2\u00b0 is too high \u2013 that the limit should be 1.5\u00b0. But according to climate experts, if current trends continue, the average temperature by the end of this century will definitely be 3.5\u00b0 degrees above pre-industrial levels, and there is a strong possibility that the increase will be more than 4 degrees.[1]<\/p>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t sound like much. When I woke on a recent August morning, the temperature outside was 19\u00b0, and by noon, it was 25\u00b0. That\u2019s a six degree jump in five hours or so, a pretty common experience in summer in the part of the Northern Hemisphere where I live. So why would we worry about an increase of 2 or even 4 degrees by 2100? Mention that at a party in my neighborhood, and someone is sure to say that they\u2019d be very happy if our Canadian winters were 4 degrees warmer!<\/p>\n<p>It may be counter-intuitive, but 4 degrees averaged over the entire world is actually a big jump. During the last ice age, when kilometers of ice covered areas as far south as present-day Chicago, the average global temperature was only 5 degrees cooler than today.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to remember that average global temperatures conceal substantial variations in time and place. The atmosphere is consistently cooler over oceans, so to get a\u00a0<em>global average<\/em>\u00a0increase of 4 degrees, continental temperatures would have to\u00a0would have go up by considerably\u00a0more. And it\u2019s been estimated that a 4 degree average increase would mean a 16 degree increase in the Arctic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthropocene climate: The new (deadly) normal A\u00a0temperature increase of less than one\u00a0degree has already disrupted the global climate system, and this is only the beginning.\u00a0Will the Anthropocene bring a totally new climate regime? Part One: HOW BAD CAN ONE DEGREE BE? Climate negotiators have adopted 2\u00b0C as the maximum increase in the global average temperature. 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