The problem with this belief is that, as far as I
can make out, it is totally unsupported by any evidence whatsoever. It is not
predicted by the climate models – they merely project that temperatures will increase
steadily as carbon dioxide increases – and there is no evidence of tipping
points occurring within what one might call the normal temperature range in the
past.
But it hasn't stopped lots of people deluding the public with claimes that tipping points are real and dangerous. The most recent example is an interview with Bronwyn Hayward – an associate professor of political science and a member of an important IPCC committee – in a recent edition of the New Zealand Herald.
The interview is riddled with unsupported statements
and she even claimed that Niue Island is at risk from climate change –
presumably sea level rise. Obviously, she does not know that it is an uplifted
Island 50 m above sea level and surrounded by cliffs. Sea level rise is the last
thing Niue needs to worry about!
The interview was mostly about her belief that a
temperature rise greater than 2° – or even 1.5° – above pre-industrial
temperatures (the latter amounts to something like 0.5° above current
temperatures) will trigger a “tipping point” that will have a disastrous effect
on mankind.
This prompted me to do some research into the
evidence supporting these “tipping points”. The Internet did not yield any hard
information but I did discover that most of them discussed tipping points at
1.5° and 2° above current temperatures. So where Bronwyn Hayward and her IPCC
committee got 1.5° above pre-industrial temperatures seems to be a total
mystery.
I then contacted James Renwick of Victoria
University who has spent a lifetime studying climate and working for the IPCC.
All he was able to provide me with were two papers reporting on computer
modelling of Antarctic sea levels that indicated that under certain
circumstances, the sea level could rise by 1m by 2100. This, presumably,
represented a global "tipping point” The mind boggles! He did not provide
any evidence from the IPCC so I can only assume that no IPCC study has found
evidence of any tipping points.
The interview gave no indication that Bronwyn is
aware that the satellite temperature measurements – that NASA regards as the
most accurate – show that there has been no significant global warming for the
last 18 years even though carbon dioxide levels have increased or that sea
level gauges around the world show a steady rise of 1.4 mm per year. This
demonstrates that the climate models that predicted that the world would be
0.5° hotter than it is by now are worthless. It also confirms that man-made
carbon dioxide does not cause dangerous global warming. If she had studied the
IPCC technical reports carefully she would have realised that even the IPCC
recognise that there are major uncertainties surrounding virtually every aspect
of climate science.
I am sure that the public have an expectation that
academics who speak publicly are careful to make statements that are backed up
by solid scientific evidence and will explain where the uncertainties lie.
There is no evidence that she has done either.
Why are taxpayers paying for her time and travelling
expenses backwards and forwards to IPCC committee meetings in Brazil to study
the effects of an unsupported urban myth?
The only things we can be absolutely sure of are
that "tipping points" are no more than an urban myth and Bronwyn
needs to do her homework.
3 comments:
Tipping Points, Whose is tipping who and why?
After reading Bryan Leyland’s “tipping point” one has to wonder at just WHY these scare tactics are being used without any real scientific basis. Why has Greenpeace/Greens gone down this pathway to frighten the world into almost a primitive State of Fear? Why over such a length of time can it get Governments, (with considerable help from the United Nations), to adopt wholesale expensive substitutes for electricity as an example.
In New Zealand they are crucifying farmers and farming practices to the extent that they have become a figure of hate in urban domains. Yet at the same time, they totally ignore the pollution from our cities and towns! What this does reveal is a strong dedicated apartheid hypocrisy towards a small an vulnerable group and an astute political acumen not to “bite the hand that feeds it”.
Without delving into the misty fields of world conspiracies and crystal ball gazing, just what is behind this Green ideology which has taken root so quickly; and with so much effect upon the lives of us all? Is it a cunning political distraction to turn us away not only from present world problems, but also generating an inborn fear from the technical revolution (Quantum!!) future?
Whatever it is, it has certainly sparked a resurgence of many more militant groups such as the Animal Rights Movement, which again has spawned a secondary group totally averse from to use of meat (and probably at a later date on other farm products as well) as a foodstuff. Their “concern” strikes a noble chord in helping preserve and/or protect the “rights” of animals!
We cannot dismiss it wholly, as a very smart vehicle for a political Greenpeace Party in gaining credence throughout Western Society. Although in the last few decades Greenpeace aims have become more active in line with the creed and structure of the Communist movement. Under its humanitarian care banner and dedicated volunteers, it has financed a left wing global organisation which now poses a very serious threat to democracy.
It has become an ideal vehicle for the United Nations to further the aim of a centralised World State, the dream of Marxism, and the aim of the Bolshevik Revolution are back with us again. (If of course they really ever left us!)
Brian
Before even we get rid of the lawyers, We rid ourselves of idiot Politico-Socio-Science.
The tipping point is here and spilling over.
Its the credibility tipping point.
Nobody believes the rigged nonsense fed to us by paid up political operatives in the NOAA > Everyone knows that the hockey stick fell over >
The East Anglia team were crinally corrupt >
The 97% concensus was not >
Polar bears are breeding away >
Al Gore is a shame but doesn't know it > South Australia has black outs and the most expensive unreliable Electricity in the Nation.
Its best not to read the junk newspapers about the religion of climate, or watch the idiot box. This way you get taller, the house seems comfortable and warm at night, the grass grows, and sixteen year old girls like talking to you.
It is interesting, but not surprising, that the propaganda [B.S.] machine has moved into top gear, since the Feb.2017 World Government Summit was held. Take a look at who attended, on the appropriate web-site & make up your own mind regarding conspiracy theories etc. Helen Clark was our representative. The Liberal Lefties HATE Donald Trump, not for anything that he has done, but purely because he cannot be bought, & his honesty exposes the truth regarding falacies such as catastrophic man made global warming etc. New Zealand is not so lucky, & so the majority of voters will reinstate one of the established Major Political Parties with their MMP allies, who will continue to blindly follow the U.N.s directive.
By the way; N.Z. is to be a nation of forestry & tourism, not agriculture, according to the N.W.O.
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