Things Are Bad When A Climate Scientist Publicly States ‘We’re F**ked’

Things Are Bad When A Climate Scientist Publicly States ‘We’re F**ked’

It’s one thing to note the unusually hot weather we’ve been having and then slather on some suncream. But when a climate expert unceremoniously concedes that the planet is “f**ked”, it’s probably time to get seriously worried.

Scientists at the Stockholm University recently discovered that vast methane plumes were escaping the Arctic Ocean seafloor. And that’s got noted climatologist Dr. Jason Box very worried.

“If even a small fraction of Arctic sea floor carbon is released to the atmosphere, we’re f’d,” he tweeted. “Methane is more than 20 times more potent than CO2 [carbon dioxide] in trapping infrared as part of the natural greenhouse effect,” he later told Vice. “Methane getting to the surface — that’s potent stuff.”

“We’re on a trajectory to an unmanageable heating scenario, and we need to get off it. We’re f**ked at a certain point, right? It just becomes unmanageable. The climate dragon is being poked, and eventually the dragon becomes pissed off enough to trash the place.”

While Box concedes that dramatic effects may not be felt in our lifetime, unless a concerted international effort is made to contain the growing issue, sales of bottles of Ambre Solaire will be going through the roof by the time our grandkids are adults. [Vice]


Things Are Bad When A Climate Scientist Publicly States ‘We’re F**ked’
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