According to new Climate Change, the power of prayer has turned the water back into ice, the desserts back to lush green forests and the weather has settled down. All thanks to God’s own pick Donald Trump. Climate change over. If anymore bad weather happens, it will probably be because of paid protesters. Why take care of a planet when Jesus is coming back soon?
OK, once more, the rate of change is an important factor. Yes, climate has always changed but usually at a much slower rate which allows for biological accommodation. When rapid change has occurred, major extinction events happen, the worst one being the Permian in which some 95% of terrestrial species and 70 % of marine species disappeared, and that was over a time period of about 20,000 years (http://news.mit.edu/2011/mass-extinction-1118). Compare that to the rate of change we are seeing now occurring over a period of maybe 200 years which is unequivocally driven by human activity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:T_comp_61-90.pdf). That’s change at a rate 100 times faster that the Permian Great Dying.
Bottom line: If we don’t change our activities we’re gonna be toast—literally.
OmqR-IV.0 over 7 years ago
Suddenly it got glacially cold.
kaffekup over 7 years ago
Even Hell froze over.
Mr. Blawt over 7 years ago
According to new Climate Change, the power of prayer has turned the water back into ice, the desserts back to lush green forests and the weather has settled down. All thanks to God’s own pick Donald Trump. Climate change over. If anymore bad weather happens, it will probably be because of paid protesters. Why take care of a planet when Jesus is coming back soon?
Happy Two Shoes over 7 years ago
Prepare for a reign of orange slime.
martens over 7 years ago
(Sigh)
OK, once more, the rate of change is an important factor. Yes, climate has always changed but usually at a much slower rate which allows for biological accommodation. When rapid change has occurred, major extinction events happen, the worst one being the Permian in which some 95% of terrestrial species and 70 % of marine species disappeared, and that was over a time period of about 20,000 years (http://news.mit.edu/2011/mass-extinction-1118). Compare that to the rate of change we are seeing now occurring over a period of maybe 200 years which is unequivocally driven by human activity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:T_comp_61-90.pdf). That’s change at a rate 100 times faster that the Permian Great Dying.
Bottom line: If we don’t change our activities we’re gonna be toast—literally.