Thread by @anlomedad

From a Q&A at #ArcticCircle2019
When I first saw it a year ago, my climate mind hadn't seen paleoclimate temperature graph, yet, and so @rahmstorf's reason didn't register why triggering a Hot Earth pathway is unlikely: Earth WAS stable at 2 or 3˚warmer climates with no runaway💡

Full 8mins Q&A: The channel also has the 3 talks from #ArcticCircle2019

Here's the ˚C graph my climate mind hadn't incorporated, yet. Funny how the mind works, isn't it. To not register something bc you simply can't hook it up to anything known in your🧠?

Tbh, a year ago, I had taken his reply as a dishonest attempt to mollify the audience...
I know🙄🤷‍♀️...Just another funny thing how the mind works -at least mine does😁: give it an amount of new info the ego deems to be a LOT (but isn't!) –and quite a dangerous arrogance develops

Today, my climate mind has stored some more info on paleo temperature peaks and troughs, and has forgotten more than it has stored, I reckon.

Things like the PETM 56 mio yrs ago or Younger Dryas are fascinating and keep the mind comfortably safe in procrastination.

The 2nd part of his reply re carbon capture and storage or NET, like enhancing soils' carbon uptake, is also something I, by now, have an unhealthy amount of half-knowledge of... and my opinion differs from "not worth it".

In theory tho, I do know that I know nothing. 😁