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Re: [OM] Climate Change

Subject: Re: [OM] Climate Change
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 15:22:39 +0100
Indeed!

And to add to my misery, we watched a programme on the proliferation of plastic 
in the sea and other bodies of water . . .

Chris

> On 5 Oct 2018, at 00:55, Mike Gordon via olympus <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> 
> Moose on High Ground writes:
> 
> <<I wonder if there is any meaningful basis for this idea, or might it simply 
> be wishful thinking. A great many processes in nature reach a tipping point 
> where they switch from gradual to rapid. A point could occur where all the 
> ice suddenly slips into the seas in a matter of days or <<weeks. 
> 
> 
> Must agree--there are many climate models but the climate certainly involves 
> some nonlinear dynamics  and a major component of non-linear dynamics is the 
> theory of bifurcations, these being points in the slow evolution of a system 
> at which qualitative changes or even sudden jumps of behavior can occur 
> (tipping point).  We can already see evidence that positive feedback loops 
> are starting to engage.   Some areas to worry about include Arctic summer 
> sea-ice  and the  Atlantic thermohaline circulation as possibly being subject 
> to bifurcations--among several others.  
> 
> Dry for now, Mike
> 

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