There are at least 5 positive feedback loops operating right now, ocean water temps, phytoplankton populations which impacts both oxygen production and cO2 conversion, phytoplankton is also the basis for the marine food chain, and their populations is down 40% since 1950. The other positive feedback loops are permafrost thawing, glacier melts and ocean salinity.
The earth and climate are already driving each other. We disrupted a delicate balance, creating these positive feedback loops.
Usually positive feedback loops run until they exhaust the resources, unfortunately the amount of greenhouse gases sequestered in the oceans, permafrost and glaciers is absolutely massive, when these feedback loops exhaust their resources it’s going to be vastly different planet, and it’s going to happen a lot quicker than anyone expects, we are seeing the acceleration already.
The only thing that disrupt these feedback loops is a global event, like a super volcano erupting, or a huge meteor strike, but both would have devastating impacts to the current life on the planet.
The earth and climate are already driving each other. We disrupted a delicate balance, creating these positive feedback loops.
Usually positive feedback loops run until they exhaust the resources, unfortunately the amount of greenhouse gases sequestered in the oceans, permafrost and glaciers is absolutely massive, when these feedback loops exhaust their resources it’s going to be vastly different planet, and it’s going to happen a lot quicker than anyone expects, we are seeing the acceleration already.
The only thing that disrupt these feedback loops is a global event, like a super volcano erupting, or a huge meteor strike, but both would have devastating impacts to the current life on the planet.