Could Global Warming Be Worse Than You Think?

Following up on the Krugman post on Exxon and global warming, Scientific American's blog discusses the extent to which climate models have been tested against the data and summarizes recent research on this issue indicating the problem may be more severe than present models suggest. This post notes, briefly, the similarity between monetary policy and policy to address global warming when model uncertainty is present and has a summary of the Scientific American discussion.

Comments

[odograph]

Those are both good links, thanks.

[joshua corning]

Unfortunately, an apocalyptic, human-hating mentality is a strain that has long been present in environmentalism.

http://www.reason.com/cy/cy041806.shtml

hey at what point do we 'write off' India like Eurlich wanted?

Katrina proves that nature is mad at Bush.

The DoD has contigiancies for when all the resources are depleted.

[Dano]

hey at what point do we 'write off' India like Eurlich wanted?

I've spoken with Paul, BTW, on this subject. I know how he feels about out-of-context quotes.

Gimme a break with your yet another parrotted FUD phrase/construct/demonization tactic.

Do you have a quote in context, joshua, for Ehrlich's 'wish'? Have you read The Population Bomb?

No, not pre-chewed cherry-picked excerpts. I thought not.

Best,

D

[Simon]

The key thing to remember is that uncertainty in climate predictions cuts both ways. It could be much more severe than the average predictions.