Once again be careful who you vote for and put into office, those Republicans don't believe in global warming, can you imagine if Gore was rightfully elected President.

take a deep breath..global warming reports you read are alarmist. climates change drastically & have done so way before the CO2 scare.
you mention melting ice caps. try this simple experiment. put an ice cube in a glass fill the glass to the top with water. what happens when the ice melts?

If I had kids I'd be worried. As it is, the worse will probably happen when I'm gone.

The same people who want us to take drastic measures to stop global warming also favor increased immigration and oppose nuclear power which has zero carbon emissions which doesn’t make any sense as the number one cause of co2 emissions is to many people. If we are so concerned about co2 causing global warming why in the hell did we stop building nuclear power plants? Also why do we still allow so much immigration?

Yes, I am terrified. I think governments are just going to have to be very firm, no more single use plastic, no unnecessary air travel, hugely improve rail and public transport. Then encourage repopulation of bees, fish etc. We can do it but not until the population stops seeing this as lead by a fringe group of dreadlocked hippies and start realising this is REAL.

The evidence for climate change is overwhelming. In 2018 the Great Barrier Reef was declared dead. Several independent sources warn of the collapse of the Great Plains water source by 2040. Climate models are coljaborated with air samples from the Greenland Ice Sheet going back 15,000 years. Climate change gappens over decades, not milennia. Human contributions accelerate natural cycles.
Fear, though, as they say, is the mind-killer. It is healthier to ask yourself how you can adapt. Denial just sliws your ability to adapt. The religious wingnuts will attribure change to God, and throw up their hands helplessly. Relying on ither bureaucracies to solve the problem is futile. Focus on how you can adapt and position yourself. For me, it’s reducing my iwn carbon footprint, reducing my energy consumption and demand for material things. Let the deniers slip into olivion as you thrive.

my final word on global warming. i can think of many things that will impact your life much more than global warming (now known as climate change).
unfortunately, you can't do anything about any of these changes. i can pretty well guarantee a financial depression within a few years. try to prepare for immediate threats, not theoretical threats which may occur hundreds of yrs from now.

I just seen today where is it snowing on the first day of summer... Just think about it you have been hearing these same warnings for 30 and 40 years... The earth goes through periods of warming and Cooling throughout history and this has been proven lay it to rest and worry about things you can control...

It's almost to hard to think about realistically. It's too big.. I've got a 15 and 11 year old and can't really think about them having children without it being a part of that. I'm also planning investing in a few cases of emergency food when I get my tax refund. Lots of worry about the corn crop this year. Will be interesting to see if that type of stuff starts to seriously affect food prices.

I volunteer at a local hospital. Every time a child is born, the hospital plays a short version of Brahm's Lullaby. At one time I would had had a warm feeling about another life coming into the world. All I feel now, is sadness thinking about that child's future. The loss of biodiversity is also a reason for sadness. I sometimes think that climate change deniers, a vast majority of which are evangelicals, believe they will be raptured away before the bad effects (The Tribulation) hit us. This so, even though evangelicals have contributed greatly to global warming.

Highly recommended-- "Climate, the whole story" By Christen Peters. She is he former head of the archaeology dep. at the university of Washington. She puts it all in perceptive and gives you the real facts without an ax to grind.

Climate worriers, stop, the solar cycle that has caused the global warming has ended, and now the sun is entering a cooling phase, all natural and predictable Google "Maunder Minimum" you will also find CO2 increases plant growth and a greening effect can already be seen, most of the news about climate has been exaggerated by Fake news organisations, all to pump the idea of a carbon credit exchange system where they can milk millions more from the gullible public, stop reading the propaganda and do your own research into the facts, man made global warming has been a HOAX and most fell for it because of a clever press system lying to you all the time, most believe what they are told and cannot believe the press would lie about something as important as this!!! but they have, they have been caught faking the figures on warming and when corrected show no warming happening, Arctic ice is now expanding all checkable folks, the last time a Maunder Minimum happened we entered a mini ice age, with frost fares on the Thames, search maunder minimum and solar cooling cycles and find out what I say is true, sorry folks your bubbles that your living in have been manufactured to manipulate you, but a search will reveal the liars. kind regards Peter

I was agnostic about AGW until I read James Hanson's book, "The Storms of My Grandchildren". I have two brothers who are pretty sharp guys, one is an engineer who thinks that we can't stop it. The other is a commercial builder who thinks that we will develop systems to sequester co2 in large enough amounts to turn the problem around. I don't know if we can stop it, but I suspect we will not be able to.

You are right that we are not doing anything about it. The US should be a leader but we only lead in exacerbating the problem by producing more fossil fuel. In second and third world countries as people pull themselves out of poverty the first things they want is a car and A/C.

It may be that the reason we haven’t encountered other intelligent life (aside from the deep space and time problem) is that life forms that evolve are so aggressive that they end up using all of the natural resources of their planet and end up killing all life there.

Sorry to tell you this, but we are still apes although we have turned into a runaway species on this planet. We will probably eventually make the commons unlivable and force our planet into the Venus syndrome killing all life here.

Where are you getting your information?

I have been warning anyone who would listen about this for 50 years. I am now 70 and have seen the changes with my own eyes already happening around us. People don't seem to be willing to make any change in lifestyles because they don't percieve that it has affected them personally. It seems to be difficult for humans, particularly Americans to think non-linearly. This is a curve that is rapidly steepening but until the flood, fire, volcano, drought or oher disaster is immediately upon us nothing will suddenly change and by then it is too late. I don't think science can solve this because people won't listen to scientists in time. The general public is certainly not scared enough. sadly!

Ice loss from the Greenland ice sheet is much worse that you think because it involves much more than merely losing ice. Currently, Greenland's ice sheet is losing approximately 300 000 000 000 tons of ice per year. The rate is increasing exponentially and in radical steps because of many different factors, though the initial driver is the rise in temperature. If this were sea ice, we would see no net change in sea level, but this is sheet ice resting on the crust and the crust in turn is resting on the plastic material of the mantel. Below are a couple of videos that might help in understanding the major issues.

This one is a brief description of the loss from the Greenland ice sheet.

There is some drama presented in this CNN special report, but there is considerable important information as well.

Among other changes beyond sea level rise, there is the reasonable expectation of increased seismic and volcanic activity resulting from plate springback (post glacial uplift), the crust under the ice sheet rises as the weight of the ice is removed. The dying off of sea life because of temperature changes, modification of subsurface currents, salinity, and acidity resulting from the influx of fresh water.

Severe weather systems as a result of global warming we are seeing in real time now, but it should be known that it is going to get much worse. Everything has a thing I like to call 'flywheel effect' where one thing changes and there exists a time lag before some other change will make itself apparent. I am not sad about all this. I am extremely angry. I have been one sounding alarms over these changes since my experiences in the far north, particularly Alaska and across the top of Canada. That began in 1964/65.

This should be more of concern [news.nationalgeographic.com]

Years ago I had my grade 8 science students conduct a guided research and presentation project on climate change. I stopped that chapter a few years ago as the data was just to dire to continue.

Looks like we have already passed the point of no return as many positive feedback loop systems (melting of permafrost, once frozen methane hydrates now escaping into the atmosphere, sea ice melting changing the albedo) and many other positive feedback loops all causing warming that feeds energy to the loop; causing more ice permafrost to melt, methane hydrates to change state from solid to gas become air born causing warmer etc. . [nsidc.org]

Let's be real anyone over 60 on here spouting climate denial won't be around too much longer. Especially when we need a complete and total economic and system collapse of our supply chains. The millions fleeing the coasts and 3rd world countries will overwhelm the 2nd and 1st world countries resources and ability to cope.

What can you do?
Learn and teach survival skills, learn to hunt, grow food, use and build weapons. Make sure to exercise and sell off your excess useless items now. Downsize and become more mobile, prepare for change and try to have at least 1-2 weeks worth of food and water on site at all times.

I've gathered both guns and a compound bow, knives, hatchets, and gear, and try to practice often.

Scary fact

Having fruits and veggies out of season is a testament to our modern international delivery system. The grocery and department stores you rely upon get new stock every single day.

If a major national emergency were to occur and this system were disrupted. Experts have determined that unless you have a pantry and store water. Most Americans would have less than three days of food and all of those stores would be empty in 24 hours.

Then the riots would start.

Meanwhile, until this happens I'm working hard to learn new skills is software engineering, security, and managing multiple businesses. Hoping for a bright future where the survival skills will just be an amusing discussing during dinner or reminiscing over a fire with friends.

until it isn't.

I have good news for you, the global warming we have been seeing is due to the Sun being in an active stage, perfectly natural, it has just finished this phase and is going into what is called the "Grand Maunder Minimum", search on YouTube, it is solar cooling, check the arctic ice build up that is now happening, you have nothing to worry about, the main reason you have been bombarded by this "hype" is the carbon exchange system designed to extract millions more from the public in their panic about fake global warming, they have been caught lying about the figures presented, we are going into a solar cooling phase , last time it happened we had a mini ice age, and frozen fairs on the Thames, more of a worry is the collapse of the financial system that looks likely, everyone should have three months of stored tinned and dried food stored for their families, and a method of purifying water, a lot of people will not prepare and they will look to steal your stored food. so you need a method of defence, like a self loading pistol crossbow or a catapult, both can maim someone in an emergency, store seeds and get a poly tunnel as the weather cools a lot of our food stuffs will not grow due to the shorter growing seasons, expect food shortages from weather destruction flooding and baking, crop losses in the usa are very high the same is happening world wide, so get prepared, I would rather have it and not need it that not have it and need it!!! think about what happens in a financial collapse, what if the electricity is no more? no more food in the shops? no sewage or water being pumped? this is all a possibility, but the more your prepared the less you worry, so start prepping and get some sleep bless you Peter

I am sorry to say that your fears are well-founded. It appears that we have about ten years in which to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions in order to keep global temperature rise under 2 degrees Celsius. Beyond 2 degrees, feedbacks in the natural system kick in and temperatures spiral upward uncontrollably. Feedback mechanisms include things like decrease on Earth's albedo (reflectivity) due to disappearance of ice cover, and massive increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations (and consequent temperature increase) due to melting permafrost. If proposals to add sulphur dioxide to the atmosphere to counteract the loss of albedo sound crazy, you are right. The acid rain resulting from such so-called geoengineering would devastate our agriculture (and forests). Technologies that can suck CO2 out of the atmosphere are in development, but they will be expensive and will have to be implemented on a massive scale. Bottom line: tough times ahead.

we've been at the top of the food chain for an awful long time.
maybe it's just Karma, the Planet existed before there were people and will exist when there are no people.
it's nothing to be afraid of death is just another part of life

We live within an era control by those, the wealthy and their corporations who feel profit and control over us is more important than the environment!

They feel throwing money at any issue or event can solve all those problems!

When you remove the genie from the bottle, how do you reinsert a bloated swollen mass that has out grown and is multiplying faster than space that incrusted it in the first place?

You can not!

Yes, TRULY the worst part is that very few people seem to care. Most human beings are going through their life every day, mindless of the coming extinction or near-extinction of most/many species of animal, plant, and human life on this planet. Yes, it's going to get very, very bad--two very's intended. But my friends, the worst--and I mean the VERY worst offenders are sitting in plush offices, counting their corporate profits and playing with their executive toys, all while causing the MOST damage to our planet and to our future. We should take them out into the streets for public hanging.

I'm pretty ok with it. Our demise will, in the long run, be good for our planet. I mourn all the animals we'll take down with us. In a few million years evolution will do its work. It helps that my children feel the same way. They're adults and I don't worry the way you do with your little one.