<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for A point of no return as alarming as the tundra feedback]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/for-peats-sake/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:58:55 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/for-peats-sake/1 It's interesting to go back in time (July 2007)

"...they can and are being destroyed directly by humans (see here)."

Check out the comments under that old post. Look at how much we've learned since then.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> It's interesting to go back in time (July 2007)

"...they can and are being destroyed directly by humans (see here)."

Check out the comments under that old post. Look at how much we've learned since then.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> Comment #2 by sindark http://www.grist.org/article/for-peats-sake/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:52:40 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/for-peats-sake/2 Lacking seriousness

As with the tundra feedback, this is terrifying stuff.

Even politicians who take climate change relatively seriously don't treat it as anywhere near as threatening as it really is. Faced with existential threats to civilization, the balance between promoting economic growth and protecting climatic stability should be tilted heavily in the direction of the latter.

a sibilant intake of breath

]]> Lacking seriousness

As with the tundra feedback, this is terrifying stuff.

Even politicians who take climate change relatively seriously don't treat it as anywhere near as threatening as it really is. Faced with existential threats to civilization, the balance between promoting economic growth and protecting climatic stability should be tilted heavily in the direction of the latter.

a sibilant intake of breath

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