Leading Scientists Weigh In on the Mother of All Climate Reports

[Syt]

Gary Novak, that name sounds familiar, is that the guy who claims all physics since Newton is a conspiracy?

Yes, same guy.

Still, it's nice that the anti-scientist conservative right wing of the U.S. can find some common ground with Russian populist media.

[Siege]

Gary Novak, that name sounds familiar, is that the guy who claims all physics since Newton is a conspiracy?

Sure. Discredit the guy if you can't discredit the argument.

[Eddie Teach]

Sure. Discredit the guy if you can't discredit the argument.

Looks good, don't it.

[PDH]

Sure. Discredit the guy if you can't discredit the argument.

Siege, have another shot of Coors Light and don't change.

[Siege]

WTF? I almost puked when I saw that picture.

[Eddie Teach]

WTF? I almost puked when I saw that picture.

All the Hannity-watching you do hasn't stopped you from being an Un-American commie. 

[Neil]

WTF? I almost puked when I saw that picture.

That's suspiciously close to what a Muslim would say.

[crazy canuck]

the acidification of the ocean is happening a lot faster than anybody thought that it would, it's sucking up more CO2, plankton, the basic food chain of the planet, are dying

I think this is the scariest thing of all.

Well besides the fact there are people like derspiess

I have an local acquaintance who's a well respected oceanographic scientist in that field, I wonder what his take on it is?

Ask him, then let us know

Yes I will, I've got a project I need his advice on, so need to drop him a line anyway.

Last time we chatted he was not far from concluding the time had passed and we now have to actively start managing the climate.

Hey mongers, I may have missed a post - did you get a chance to talk to your friend?

[mongers]

the acidification of the ocean is happening a lot faster than anybody thought that it would, it's sucking up more CO2, plankton, the basic food chain of the planet, are dying

I think this is the scariest thing of all.

Well besides the fact there are people like derspiess

I have an local acquaintance who's a well respected oceanographic scientist in that field, I wonder what his take on it is?

Ask him, then let us know

Yes I will, I've got a project I need his advice on, so need to drop him a line anyway.

Last time we chatted he was not far from concluding the time had passed and we now have to actively start managing the climate.

Hey mongers, I may have missed a post - did you get a chance to talk to your friend?

No, I need to draft a proposal first, which I then need some help with.  So probably end of the month.

I won't forget to get back to you.

[crazy canuck]

the acidification of the ocean is happening a lot faster than anybody thought that it would, it's sucking up more CO2, plankton, the basic food chain of the planet, are dying

I think this is the scariest thing of all.

As a follow up the local shell fish and scallop industry (going down to as far as Oregon iirc) is failing because the ocean is becoming too acidic for the shells for form properly.  The industry is attempting to find a species of shell fish or some genetic manipulation that will tolerate higher levels of acidity in the ocean.

By the way - where is Mongers?

[Ed Anger]

Likely floating out to sea after those floods.

[Jacob]

the acidification of the ocean is happening a lot faster than anybody thought that it would, it's sucking up more CO2, plankton, the basic food chain of the planet, are dying

I think this is the scariest thing of all.

As a follow up the local shell fish and scallop industry (going down to as far as Oregon iirc) is failing because the ocean is becoming too acidic for the shells for form properly.  The industry is attempting to find a species of shell fish or some genetic manipulation that will tolerate higher levels of acidity in the ocean.

By the way - where is Mongers?

Yeah, I saw that too. About 10 million scallops died, apparently.