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    Tipping Point
    Tipping Point
    Tipping Point
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    Tipping Point

    By Toby Clark

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    It has long been predicted by the World’s scientific community, and indeed to my own knowledge from 1961 when I graduated that there would come a time when the planetary resources would become depleted, waste arisings and pollution of the land, air and water would seriously affect the environment we live in and at the same time human numbers due to population growth would become unsustainable. Undoubtedly, the most potent driver for this process is now recognized to be global climate change. That the climate is warming is now beyond reasonable doubt and there are informed projections for between 3 Degrees Celsius and 4 Degrees Celsius by the year 2100. Some suggest more than this
    This book considers what our future may become, echoing others who are increasingly calling for action to divest ourselves from using fossil fuels. It outlines a roadmap, literally for the survival of the Human Race

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherToby Clark
    Release dateMar 31, 2015
    ISBN9781310344596
    Tipping Point
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      Book preview

      Tipping Point - Toby Clark

      Tipping Point

      By Toby Clark BSc CFIOSH AIEMA Cert Ed

      Copyright 2015 Toby Clark

      Disclaimer

      Whilst I have made every effort to ensure accuracy and that the text is up to date albeit the pace of events is now accelerating, I cannot accept legal liability for its contents. Specialist advice should always be sought, especially in legal matters!

      Copyright

      My moral rights as the author are asserted

      ISBN No. 9781310344596

      Material within this book was drawn from many sources and where such sources are known they have been acknowledged. If any copyright has been accidentally breached it was unintentional.

      You are encouraged to freely copy this book along with any supporting presentations that it may spread virally and help, by raising the alarm to move us out of the state of climate change denial in which we currently languish.

      We are sleepwalking into Armageddon!

      Thanks go to Stephen Pace, Specialist Course Director, Department for Chemistry in Industry at the University of Hull and his colleagues, and Dr Peter Waterhouse for their support and encouragement.

      Hyperlinks

      Hyperlinks are extensively used, particularly to many excellent UK Government publications which relate to emergency planning. These are prone to being changed and your forbearance is requested should this arise. In any printed version of this book it will be necessary to copy the hyperlinks and paste them into a search engine.

      Supporting Presentations

      A Primer in Pollution Issues.pptx

      pollution management & legal.ppt

      TIPPING POINT

      "The ice was here, the ice was there; the ice was all around.

      It cracked and growled and roared and howled,

      Like noises in a swound"

      The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1834)

      TIPPING POINT

      Foreword

      Introduction The Changing Climate: Global Warming

      Chapter 1 The Need to Adapt

      Chapter 2 Environmental Services

      Chapter 3 Surviving Armageddon

      Chapter 4 Approaching a tipping point

      Chapter 5 Consequences of Global Warming

      Chapter 6 Where we are as of now?

      Chapter 7 Sustainability

      Chapter 8 Flooding

      Chapter 9 Resource Depletion

      Chapter 10 Motor vehicles – The Behemoth!

      Chapter 11 Energy Supply

      Chapter 12 Resilience

      Chapter 13 Food Security

      Chapter 14 Beyond the Immediate Crisis

      Chapter 15 A Roadmap for the Survival of Humankind

      This book is published free via the usual outlets via:

      Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com

      Foreword.

      It has long been predicted by the World’s scientific community, and indeed to my own knowledge from 1961 when I graduated that there would come a time when the planetary resources would become depleted, waste arisings and pollution of the land, air and water would seriously affect the environment we live in and at the same time human numbers due to population growth would become unsustainable. Undoubtedly, the most potent driver for this process is now recognized to be global climate change – i.e. Global Warming. That the climate is warming is now beyond reasonable doubt and there are informed projections for between 3oC and 4oC by the year 2100.

      (Source: Lexisurl.com/iema59165)

      Antarctic ice has been melting at a rate of 130 billion tons of ice (118 billion metric tons) per year for the past decade, according to NASA satellite calculations. Water is eating away at the Antarctic ice, melting it where it hits the oceans. As the ice sheets slowly thaw, water pours into the sea and this may contribute dramatically to global sea level rise, some projections suggest 3m by 2100, presumably in addition to 0.92 – 1.9m UK range now suggested by DEFRA!

      http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/feb/26/the-big-melt-antarcticas-retreating-ice-may-re/

      Arctic ice is also thinning and is soon expected to have melted completely during the summer months. Ice cover reflects solar heat, open water does not, so this results in further heating – it is a vicious cycle,

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