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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