The Mother of All Positive Feedback Loops?

dc.contributor.author	Cairns, John Jr.	en
dc.contributor.department	Biological Sciences	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-01-23T02:36:22Z	en
dc.date.available	2014-01-23T02:36:22Z	en
dc.date.issued	2008	en
dc.description.abstract	The Kyoto Protocol aims to reduce emissions in industrialized countries to five percent below 1990 levels by 2012, however no evidence indicates that this goal will be reached. As a consequence, we will again exceed the Earth s assimilative capacity for greenhouse gases and humankind will push the climate closer to major, irreversible tipping points. Currently, Earth s ability to assimilate greenhouse gases is declining while greenhouse gas emissions are increasing. Climate change is becoming out of humankind s control. Although science may be full of uncertainty, if continuing _business as usual is likely to have catastrophic effects on the biosphere, precautionary measures are justified, even if scientific uncertainty still exists in these areas.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/24973	en
dc.identifier.url	http://www.johncairns.net/Commentaries/feedback.pdf	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Virginia Tech	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	tipping points	en
dc.subject	positive feedback loops	en
dc.subject	scientific uncertainty	en
dc.subject	climate change	en
dc.subject	greenhouse gas emission	en
dc.title	The Mother of All Positive Feedback Loops?	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.type.dcmitype	Text	en

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