David Ho on Nostr: Today, Wally Broecker — who coined the term “global warming” — would have ...
Today, Wally Broecker — who coined the term “global warming” — would have been 93. He was obsessed with abrupt climate change that arrives suddenly and dramatically.
He likened the climate system to an "angry beast", and said we shouldn't poke it (i.e., keep emitting CO₂) because we don't know how and when it'll react.
We should listen.
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