The Five Warmest Years Over The Last

Several Times In Earth's History, Rapid Global Warming Occurred, Apparently Spurred By Amplifying Feedbacks. In Each Case, More Than Half Of Plant And Animal Species Became Extinct. New Species Came Into Being Over Tens And Hundreds Of Thousands Of Years. But These Are Time Scales And Generations That We Cannot Imagine.

Coral Reefs, The Rain Forest Of The Ocean, Are Home For One-third Of The Species Of The Sea. Coral Reefs Are Under Stress For Several Reasons, Including Warming Of The Ocean, But Especially Because Of Ocean Acidification, A Direct Effect Of Added Carbon Dioxide. Ocean Life Dependent On Carbonate Shells And Skeletons Is Threatened By Dissolution As The Ocean Becomes More Acid.

The Five Warmest Years Over The Last Century Occurred In The Last Eight Years.

Planet Earth, Creation, The World In Which Civilization Developed, The World With Climate Patterns That We Know And Stable Shorelines, Is In Imminent Peril.

...chief Executives Of Large Fossil Fuel Companies To [should] Be Put On Trial For High Crimes Against Humanity And Nature; [hansen] Accusing Them Of Actively Spreading Doubt About Global Warming In The Same Way That Tobacco Companies Blurred The Links Between Smoking And Cancer.