There was a basis but it has been largely debunked in academics although for some scientists they have a real stake in continuing to perpetuate the myth. The entire premise - which was originally the basis for global warming (note the term global warming term has now largely faded in our common parlance) - was based on the idea that increasing atmospheric concentrations of CO2 (from the industrial revolution onwards) play a key role in producing a greenhouse effect and this links to a gradual, long-term rise in temperatures measured over a time span of say 200 years and then extrapolated into the future using Climate models. That is, climate models (based on some killer assumptions) were predicting these results for an extremely complex, self-correcting system/mechanism we call planet Earth (as Foad would let know). If you yourself want to test these climate model's credibility just look for actual measurements (up to 2019) and you'll see a relatively cooling trend ... but say if you extend your analysis when industrialization had not occurred you will find there were actually even higher temperatures in the Roman and Medieval eras because of the fossil fuel burning chariots and cart and buggy ... these findings were partly the reason that the climate community switched from pushing global warming to now "climate change" ... on the other side of the spectrum the very climate supporting PhDs had to finally recognize the beneficial impact of carbon fertilization and try to come to terms with the increasing greening, food production of the planet ... So while climate academics continue to predict torrential events and environmental academics continue to predict massive species extinctions because of big bad humans, we have reduced hunger, poverty, generated wealth and increased life expentancy in unprecedented scale. But if AOC is right, and it's all over in say 10 years, why not sit back and start a perpetual happy hour ...
just look for actual measurements (up to 2019) and you'll see a relatively cooling trend
What then is your position on chlorofluorocarbons and halons causing ozone depletion?
Non sequitur. No one's denying that homo sapiens has no effect on the planet's environment. That would be insane. The great plains e.g. was a luxurious forest until our native american forebears - who in hindsight we evidently had the good sense to exterminate for their crimes against nature - burned it to the ground.
The buyout must be prohibitive or this will be a disaster. We’re throwing them a life preserver and they are capable of destroying us.
Its annoying bc it was amazing to watch them struggle. But I'll sure as hell get over it. Just think it really will set SJU and Hall back as the second tier schools in the league in this area now.