Scorched Earth: Beyond The Tipping Point - Conclusion

This is the conclusion of a 12 minute overview of the shocking truth about global warming and climate change. This segment features the startling conclusions Dr. Alder Fuller has reached using the principles of systems sciences and nonlinear dynamics and after a thorough analysis of the latest scientific evidence as presented by Dr. James Lovelock and many others.

The scientific evidence appears (overwhelmingly) to indicate that earth (Gaia) may be inexorably approaching or perhaps PAST the tipping point and on it's way to a new climate regime not seen on earth for 55 million years. It will be a climate that is, on average, much hotter, more chaotic and violent
than what we have experienced for the entire tenure of our species. For more about this project and the dedicated producers behind it: www.scorchedearthfilm.com

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• global
• warming
• climate
• change
• Gaia
• positive
• feedback
• James
• Lovelock
• systems
• sciences

[Danikiut]

HELLO.. i really like your video is excellent.. and I need a favor please.. i'm an English student from Venezuela, and i need the script of yor video.. i'm very interested in get the script because i am going to use this video for a class..

[jjcproducer]

Thanks for your kind words. Unfortunately, there is no script. All spontaneous interview.

[chicagogeorge]

Global warming and global cooling has always occurred and will always occur. We have seen greater degrees of warming and cooling in a shorter time span in the recent past (Younger Dryas, Holocene Optimum, and Little Ice Age).

Btw,

The earth has cooled since 1998....

[jjcproducer]

Your opinion is in the minority.

The main point of contention among a vast majority of scientists is whether or not we are approaching or past the tipping point wherein the earth shifts dramatically into another climate regime that is permanently hotter than the current climate regime.

[chicagogeorge]

My opinion may be in the minority today, but climate study is new science. Claiming that we may "permanently" be hotter than the current climate is ridiculous. Nothing is permanent. Don't forget that for the last 10 years the earth has continued to be cooler than the peak in 1998. More CO2 doesn't always mean warmer global climate. Other factors are involved. There have been several LONG periods in earth's history when CO2 was as much as 10 times today's levels yet we were in an ice age.

[jjcproducer]

I use "permanent" in a relative sense. When the climate regime shifts or pops into one stage up, some estimates put the recovery period at about 200,000 years, assuming we stop producing CO2 soon thereafter (no guarantee of that!). That's 20 times the length of all recorded history. Might as well be permanent!

See James Lovelock's work for a systems sciences view. That will provide a better understanding how the planet actually works. Standard linear thinking doesn't cut it!

[mrmaciejm]

I think you are right. We are wasting our time on stopping it instead on reacting to climate changes.

[gaiablue24]

@chicagogeorge the earth hasn't cooled since 1998... there are no temperature recording stations in the arctic where the earth is heating up the quickest. according to NASA the hottest year was 2005 - with 1998 and 2007 tied for second

[gaiablue24]

@chicagogeorge the earth hasn't cooled since 1998... there are no temperature recording stations in the arctic where the earth is heating up the quickest. according to NASA the hottest year was 2005 - with 1998 and 2007 tied for second

[HeartofGaia5]

@jonno52

LoveLock would tell you that its not about saving the planet. Gaia could do fine without us. We have to save ourselves. We are changing the homeostatic balances on the planet to cycles that are unfavorable for us, but are favorable to a whole host of other organisms. I agree with James LoveLock that many of us will die, our way of life cannot, will not be sustained for much longer. Enjoy it while it lasts because its not going to last for long.

[scribba3]

I think there is one important fact that no one seems to consider. This planet is OVER 4,500,000,000 years OLD.

YET Our human limitations of scope, perspective and understanding generally cause us to think in terms of our OWN life spans as as rule or measure of time. For GODS sake, In planetary terms, as far as cycles are concerned, we can do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ..... to re-direct a global phenomenum such as this, REGARDLESS of whether we contributed to its cause or not! We're History !

[gamestation2freako]

hoep ur wrong about this

[jonno52]

The scientific consensus seems to be that we're locked into a process of climate change that will be irreversible for thousands of years. I don't see how putting up windmills etc as "climate change protesters" want is going to change that. Protesting, & conflating climate change with "globalisation" may make people feel better but that's about it. Recycling may make better use of remaining landfill, but it won't save the planet. Hope I'm wrong, of course, but ... Good video: thanks for posting.

[grai]

I think we all know how that one's going to pan out