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Subject: Re: [OM] Climate Change
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 16:21:42 +0100
Presumably it would affect more people than back in the 1930s, Moose. And it 
would be a much more complicated picture: witness the circular graph used in 
the original paper, found by Philippe. 

Chris 

C M I Barker | Gamlingay


On 4 Oct 2018, at 15:01, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/24/americas-era-of-climate-mass-migration-is-here?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
> 
> "This enormous migration will probably take place over a longer period than 
> the Dustbowl  . . ."
> 
> 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.
> 
> This would, of course, be catastrophic, so no one wants to imagine it. It's 
> far, far beyond anything our mental and political processes are capable of 
> dealing with in advance in any useful way. Doesn't mean it won't happen for 
> sure.
> 
> Moose on High Ground
> 
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