Collapse: Earth Overshoot Day

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Tue Jan 3 00:17:21 PST 2023


(Population * Consumption) / (Land Area * Replenishment)
If > 1, then Fail, not by climate.


2022 Same Shit, Different Year: 55 Years Of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions

https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-of-failed-eco-pocalyptic-predictions/
https://realclimatescience.com/

SUMMARY [Source Links In Original]

Modern doomsayers have been predicting climate and environmental
disaster since the 1960s. They continue to do so today.

None of the apocalyptic predictions with due dates as of today have come true.

What follows is a collection of notably wild predictions from notable
people in government and science.

More than merely spotlighting the failed predictions, this collection
shows that the makers of failed apocalyptic predictions often are
individuals holding respected positions in government and science.

While such predictions have been and continue to be enthusiastically
reported by a media eager for sensational headlines, the failures are
typically not revisited.

1967: ‘Dire famine by 1975.’

Source: Salt Lake Tribune, November 17, 1967

1969: ‘Everyone will disappear in a cloud of blue steam by 1989.’

Source: New York Times, August 10 1969

1970: Ice age by 2000

Source: Boston Globe, April 16, 1970

1970: ‘America subject to water rationing by 1974 and food rationing by 1980.’

Source: Redlands Daily Facts, October 6, 1970

1971: ‘New Ice Age Coming’

Source: Washington Post, July 9, 1971

1972: New ice age by 2070

Source: NOAA, October 2015

1974: ‘New Ice Age Coming Fast’

Source: The Guardian, January 29, 1974

1974: ‘Another Ice Age?’

Source: TIME, June 24, 1974

1974: Ozone Depletion a ‘Great Peril to Life’

But no such ‘great peril to life’ has been observed as the so-called
‘ozone hole’ remains:

Sources: Headline

NASA Data | Graph

1976: ‘The Cooling’

Source: New York Times Book Review, July 18, 1976

1980: ‘Acid Rain Kills Life in Lakes’

Noblesville Ledger (Noblesville, IN) April 9, 1980

But 10 years later, the US government program formed to study acid
rain concluded:

Associated Press, September 6, 1990

1978: ‘No End in Sight’ to 30-Year Cooling Trend

Source: New York Times, January 5, 1978

But according to NASA satellite data there is a slight warming trend since 1979.

Source: DrRoySpencer.com

1988: James Hansen forecasts increase regional drought in 1990s

But the last really dry year in the Midwest was 1988, and recent years
have been record wet.

Source: RealClimateScience.com

1988: Washington DC days over 90F to from 35 to 85

But the number of hot days in the DC area peaked in 1911, and have
been declining ever since.

Source: RealClimateScience.com

1988: Maldives completely under water in 30 years

Source: Agence France Press, September 26, 1988

1989: Rising seas to ‘obliterate’ nations by 2000

Source: Associated Press, June 30, 1989

1989: New York City’s West Side Highway underwater by 2019

Source: Salon.com, October 23, 2001

1995 to Present: Climate Model Failure

Source: CEI.org

2000: ‘Children won’t know what snow is.’

Source: The Independent, March 20, 2000

2002: Famine in 10 years

Source: The Guardian, December 23, 2002

2004: Britain to have Siberian climate by 2020

Source: The Guardian, February 21, 2004

2008: Arctic will be ice-free by 2018

Source: Associated Press, June 24, 2008

2008: Al Gore warns of ice-free Arctic by 2013

But… it’s still there:

Source: WattsUpWithThat.com, December 16, 2018

2009: Prince Charles says only 8 years to save the planet

Source: The Independent, July 9, 2009

2009: UK prime minister says 50 days to ‘save the planet from catastrophe’

Source: The Independent: October 20, 2009

2009: Arctic ice-free by 2014

Source: USA Today, December 14, 2009

2013: Arctic ice-free by 2015

Source: The Guardian, July 24, 2013

The paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-02550-9 (open access)

Gas hydrate dissociation off Svalbard induced by isostatic rebound
rather than global warming

Abstract

Methane seepage from the upper continental slopes of Western Svalbard
has previously been attributed to gas hydrate dissociation induced by
anthropogenic warming of ambient bottom waters. Here we show that
sediment cores drilled off Prins Karls Foreland contain freshwater
from dissociating hydrates. However, our modeling indicates that the
observed pore water freshening began around 8 ka BP when the rate of
isostatic uplift outpaced eustatic sea-level rise. The resultant local
shallowing and lowering of hydrostatic pressure forced gas hydrate
dissociation and dissolved chloride depletions consistent with our
geochemical analysis. Hence, we propose that hydrate dissociation was
triggered by postglacial isostatic rebound rather than anthropogenic
warming. Furthermore, we show that methane fluxes from dissociating
hydrates were considerably smaller than present methane seepage rates
implying that gas hydrates were not a major source of methane to the
oceans, but rather acted as a dynamic seal, regulating methane release
from deep geological reservoirs.

2013: Arctic ice-free by 2016

Source: The Guardian, December 9, 2013

2014: Only 500 days before ‘climate chaos’

But…

Sources: Washington Examiner

Since then the climate catastrophists have only escalated.
And bringing us up to date in 2022...

As CEI reports, climate alarmists and their media allies once again
made a slew of claims about natural disasters being caused by man-made
emissions in 2022. And once again, these claims clashed with reality
and science.

Here are 10 fact checks of climate disaster claims made by the
Associated Press and other media outlets in 2022.

The Bottom Line: There is not a single natural disaster, nor trend in
any type of natural disaster that can be credibly linked with
emissions or whatever gradual “climate change” may be occurring for
whatever reason, including natural climate change. Attributing natural
disaster damages to emissions and climate change is without a factual
or scientific basis. And that certainly goes for 2022.

Regardless of one’s view of what passes as “climate science,” the good
news is that even researchers who believe that “climate change” is a
problem acknowledge that the number of weather-related deaths and the
cost of weather-related damage are actually on the decline – despite
ever-increasing emissions and whatever slight warming may be
occurring.


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