> Passing these limits means more intense hurricanes battering homes, crop-killing droughts that spark famines, and deadly heat waves rocking communities across the globe. Going past 2.7 F could damage life as we know it, Hansen and other scientists caution.
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> “These superstorms are a taste of the storms of my grandchildren,” Hansen told the Guardian. “We are headed wittingly into the new reality — we knew it was coming.” He added: “We are damned fools.”
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> Kerry Emanuel, a climate and meteorological expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, agreed: “Perhaps once half the population of the planet has experienced at least one of these weather catastrophes, they will get their leaders to act. I hope it doesn’t take that much pain.”
I know this el nino is also having an impact. We are drier and warmer than last year by much. It dont bode well for agriculture here no snow no rain warm temps means higher food prices this spring, and devastating conditions for crops
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> Passing these limits means more intense hurricanes battering homes, crop-killing droughts that spark famines, and deadly heat waves rocking communities across the globe. Going past 2.7 F could damage life as we know it, Hansen and other scientists caution.
>
> “These superstorms are a taste of the storms of my grandchildren,” Hansen told the Guardian. “We are headed wittingly into the new reality — we knew it was coming.” He added: “We are damned fools.”
>
> Kerry Emanuel, a climate and meteorological expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, agreed: “Perhaps once half the population of the planet has experienced at least one of these weather catastrophes, they will get their leaders to act. I hope it doesn’t take that much pain.”
I know this el nino is also having an impact. We are drier and warmer than last year by much. It dont bode well for agriculture here no snow no rain warm temps means higher food prices this spring, and devastating conditions for crops