By:
Advanced search…

Welcome to Detroit Sports Forum!

By joining our community, you'll be able to connect with fellow fans that live and breathe Detroit sports just like you!

Get Started
  • If you are no longer able to access your account since our recent switch from vBulletin to XenForo, you may need to reset your password via email. If you no longer have access to the email attached to your account, please fill out our contact form and we will assist you ASAP. Thanks for your continued support of DSF.

We might be able to blame China for this freaky weather

Gulo Blue

Gulo Blue

Well-known member
Joined
Oct 4, 2013
Messages
13,502
http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-pacific-climate-us-national-academy-sciences

China's air pollution could be intensifying storms over the Pacific Ocean and altering weather patterns in North America, according to scientists in the US. A team from Texas, California and Washington state has found that pollution from Asia, much of it arising in China, is leading to more intense cyclones, increased precipitation and more warm air in the mid-Pacific moving towards the north pole.

According to the team's findings, which were released on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, these changes could ultimately contribute to erratic weather in the US.
Click to expand...
 
an account I read said the problem with Earth's carrying capacity isn't the number of people alone, but the number of people consuming resources at the rates of those in the developed countries (as that term is used to mean "1st World as of the 2000's").

or course, they are not mutually exclusive since we can't really demand other people reduce or contain their development on a large scale without doing so ourselves.
 
michchamp said:
an account I read said the problem with Earth's carrying capacity isn't the number of people alone, but the number of people consuming resources at the rates of those in the developed countries (as that term is used to mean "1st World as of the 2000's").

or course, they are not mutually exclusive since we can't really demand other people reduce or contain their development on a large scale without doing so ourselves.
Click to expand...

That's the bigger factor right now. The global rate of resource use increasing faster due to the raising of standards in 2nd and 3rd world countries more than population growth. A lot of people are seeing increased access to things like meat.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

About Us

Founded in 2011, Detroit Sports Forum is a community of fanatics dedicated to teams like the Lions, Tigers, Pistons, Red Wings, Wolverines, and more. We live and breathe Detroit sports!

Stay Connected

Forum statistics

Threads
33,001
Messages
1,110,297
Members
945
Latest member
Smokey

Affiliates

    Discussion Hub
Back
Top