Posts by macamat

Success! Curiosity Mars lander arrives precisely on schedule

I watched it from the

Natural History Museum this morning, which put on a bit of a show with a live feed (and a Skype call) to NASA, simulated imagery and guest speakers giving presentations on the craft, the geology to be done, etc - about 200 people managed the early wake up to get there.

As for NASA - fantastic effort, good show, gin and tonics all round!

Global warming worst case = Only slight misery increase

Sure, but what happens after 2030?

So if you accept the article we get some winners and some losers. But that's just 1.5 degrees, and just to 2030. The IPCC report 4's worst case scenario for 2099 is 6.4 degrees.

So by 2030 the losers will be a bit worse off, but by 2099 their land may be ruined? Or to modify the heading, "Global Warming worst case = slight misery to begin with, utter misery eventually"?