Not because of coal burning, but because of unforeseen feedback loops and trophic collapses in nature due to the unprecedented inertia that this current climate change event has.
By some estimates, this event has over 100,000× greater inertia than any other climate change event in Earth’s history, including the “great dying” which came the closest to wiping all life from the planet.
A true Venus Scenario may indeed occur because the heating will likely go on for many more centuries after humanity goes extinct.
And those who argue against RCP8.5 are no different than people who scoop a glass of water out of the ocean and proclaim that the oceans have no fish - their own studies are comically limited to tiny aspects of the overall disaster, blinding them to the horrors of the full picture.
RCP8.5 is more valid than ever.
Not because of coal burning, but because of unforeseen feedback loops and trophic collapses in nature due to the unprecedented inertia that this current climate change event has.
By some estimates, this event has over 100,000× greater inertia than any other climate change event in Earth’s history, including the “great dying” which came the closest to wiping all life from the planet.
A true Venus Scenario may indeed occur because the heating will likely go on for many more centuries after humanity goes extinct.
And those who argue against RCP8.5 are no different than people who scoop a glass of water out of the ocean and proclaim that the oceans have no fish - their own studies are comically limited to tiny aspects of the overall disaster, blinding them to the horrors of the full picture.